Whether you work alone in a home office or at a site filled with coworkers, chances are that few other
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Does an acronym have to spell a word?
TL;DR no. But technically, an acronymn is made up of the initials that make up a term and turns out
How & Why Editors Make a Figures Manuscript
When a product contains illustrations, graphs, and other visuals, a separate file containing them and their related instructions is submitted
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.”
Checklist for Citations and References
Editing the references can take as long as it does to edit the document itself. Formatting is picky and slightly
How to Edit Topics You’re Clueless About
You don’t have to understand everything to edit it, but there are limits. Here’s now to proceed to be helpful and show respect the expert writer.
Testing for Visual Accessibility
Can you see that? Designs continue to lower their contrast, use smaller fonts, and are designed to be pretty but
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.