When you can’t improve a piece, should you return it and decline the job? It’s catch and release for the
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Resolution: Edit the Client List
It’s time to make room for those ideal clients; drop the least fav on your current roster. I tell you how
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
Inglorious Credits
Sometimes you’d rather not be credited as the editor of a work. Contract terms and a reality check here, to get you through.
How to Pick the Right Editor for Your Project, a Printable Checklist
Finding the right editor is about more than credentials, cost, and schedule. Here’s a printable list of 15 points you can use when interviewing candidates.
The Art of the Upsell: Elevate your sales using three-tier pricing
How to put “Would you like fries with that?” to work in your business without feeling like a fast-food clerk.
Why You Should Join Your Clients’ Professional Association
Why not go where your clients are? Participate in their professional organizations so that you can make them aware of
How to Handle a Crying Author
I say, “There is a reader for every writer.” And it’s true. That reader might be your mom, but
There’s a mistake in my copy!
Perfection is not the realm of humans. How to help your clients understand this, today, in my How To column at Copyediting.com.
When Lives Depend on the Words
How to deal with the emotional and legal risks of working on words that could save, or cost, or