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Winning in the Freelance Game

November 13, 2018 | Filed under: Brendan O’Brien

Being a freelancer is hard. When clients don’t have work for you, you cease to exist for them even though your livelihood depends on them or on people like them. You need to be a team player, but often you will be dropped from the team abruptly when a project …

Should You Only “Edit What You Know”?

March 8, 2016 | Filed under: Sue Archer

Writers are often told to “write what they know.” But what about editors? Should we only take on projects that are squarely in our comfort zones? When I asked this question online, I found that many of my editing colleagues endorse the idea of editing in new areas. It’s a …

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