So you’ve got your first inquiry for a paid gig. Con.grats! Now what? Ahhhh! Flail around in a panic!!! (Step
Author: Adrienne (scieditor)
An editor of words, mostly those in instructional materials — and mostly on technical subjects such as science.
WLU Press Threatened with Closure
Should a university keep it’s press running if it can’t fund itself? WLU’s internationally renowned press faces closure. More today,
Resolution: Find Better Assignments
Check out the newer version of this post. To find better clients, you have to be able to recognize them.
LOTW 50, 2014
No news from the interwebs this week, sorry. Whole world must be in the grips of snowdrifts. Therefore, here are
How to Raise Your Rates —archived
This post has mooooved. See the new post. “My advice to anyone starting out freelancing?” says freelance editor Barb Adamski.
LOTW 49, 2014
Picks from the interwebs this week, for my word- and tech-nerd peeps: first pages of the literary standards, reset in
8 Ways a Ruler Rocks Editing
How do you use a ruler when editing? I list 8 uses for rulers at (not of) the editing desk, today
4 Steps for Collecting on Overdue Accounts
First of the month seems like a good day to talk about getting paid. How many invoices of yours are
LOTW Nov 22–28
The interwebs must have been preoccupied this week: only 3 finds this week for word and science geeks: what good
Canadian Capitalization Conundrums
Capitalization is probably second only to spelling as a source of confusion and ambivalence for Canadian editors. — Editing Canadian English