How to Find Freelance Editing Work
i can haz edit? An editor just told me she’s desperate for work and striking out in the freelance world. She’s not awake yet, so
Editing Strategies: Checklists
Every now and then, someone asks me if there is a method to my editing. Do I go from “big picture” to “minutia,” for example.
Grade-level Science Vocabulary List for Science Writers and Editors
Or, How to write science at a level kids can understand. Science vocabulary, by provincial curriculum grade level Children’s writers turn to vocabulary lists to ensure
How to Start a Style Sheet
A style sheet is a record of style choices made as the editor works on a document. They are usually specific to a project or
Using the PDF Markup Comments List: One User’s Experience
I am very pleased to release the first guest post on this blog, by my colleague Dawn Hunter, a freelance editor and a multi award-winning author. I [Dawn]
Productivity Rates in Editing
How long will it take to edit this? The question of how long an edit will take comes up a lot. At first, estimating seems
Why the Book isn’t Ready
Why isn’t the manuscript ready? Because every book is more work than anyone intended. If authors and editors knew,
Create a Checklist of Your PDF Mark-up in 2 Clicks
In my previous post of this series, I showed you how to use the “text edits” tool to mark up changes in a PDF. Some
Edit Tools for Marking up PDFs in Acrobat
In the previous post of this series, I discussed drawing tools, changing properties, and using text boxes to mark up PDFs using Acrobat. Finally, let’s
Key Mark-Up Techniques for Proofreading PDFs
Last post, I discussed using a stylus* or custom stamps to mark-up changes to PDF page proofs. In this post, I discuss two more key skills