A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, but call editing “quality control” and you can double your
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Emergency Absence Planning: Essential Prep for Freelancers
Whether you work alone in a home office or at a site filled with coworkers, chances are that few other
Protected: Glossary of Editorial Publishing Terms
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The Editors’ Guide to Confidentiality: Essential Security for Protecting Clients’ Words
Editing isn’t just about typo protection. Data security and content (intellectual property, or IP) privacy are core standards in editing
Resolution: Find Better Assignments
Can’t get clients to raise your pay? Tired of disastrous prose and rush-rush deadlines? Time to work on the client
Resolution: Raise Your Rates
“My advice to anyone starting out freelancing?” says editor Barb Adamski, “Double your rates at least once in your career.”
Editing: It’s more than typos
Of the ~150 Professional Editorial Standards, only about 6 have to do with spelling & grammar (in yellow). We can
Ethical Issues in Editing: Professional Standards
As professional editors, we follow so many more standards than those of grammar and clear communication. And it’s not just publishing law, either. Here’s a roundup of worldwide ethical standards that editors follow.
We’re freelance editors. Of course we…!
Getting on board with the “we’re X, of course we…” trend on social media, the Quad collabed on a series about editing and freelancing.
Editor for Life (Alt Answers)
I’ve been editing for 27 years now, so Editors Canada asked me their 5 Ws. Here are my alt answers.