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A New Editing Community Emerges: Neurodivergent Editors

May 10, 2022 | Filed under: Miriam Bergeret

The pandemic has tested our mental health time and again and taken it to its limits. It has also led to more open conversations about prioritizing mental health, especially on social media. In particular, this period has been difficult for people who identify as neurodivergent (ND) — people who have …

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Three Ways Long-term Clients Make Freelancing Less Stressful

April 25, 2022 | Filed under: Michelle Waitzman

A lot of creative professionals become freelancers because it gives them the freedom to work on projects they enjoy, make their own schedule and pursue personal goals. But life as a freelancer is stressful for some. Income and schedules can be unpredictable, and finding clients requires constant effort. These stresses …

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Ruth E. Thaler-Carter: An Editor’s Top 3

April 12, 2022 | Filed under: Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Ruth E. Thaler-Carter has been managing and speaking about websites for several years, for both her own ventures and those of her clients. Her in-person and virtual presentations about editors’ websites have …

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Erin Brenner: An Editor’s Top 3

September 8, 2020 | Filed under: Erin Brenner

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Erin Brenner is an author and an award-winning copywriter who has been running her own business, Right Touch Editing, for more than a decade. Her company specializes in business publishing and indie …

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Jake Poinier: An Editor’s Top 3

July 28, 2020 | Filed under: Jake Poinier

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Jake Poinier is a freelance editor in Phoenix, Ariz., with 31 years’ experience in the publishing industry. He specializes in business copywriting, ghostwriting and non-fiction book editing, and blogs about freelancing business …

Gael Spivak: An Editor’s Top 3

May 5, 2020 | Filed under: Gael Spivak

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Gael Spivak works in communications for the Government of Canada, where she specializes in plain language writing and editing. An editor for 13 years, Gael has worked on topics that include food …

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Freeing Myself from the Freelancer Title

November 19, 2019 | Filed under: Tracey Anderson

“Are you a freelancer?” My answer to that question has changed over the course of my career. When I first started editing, I edited learning modules for apprenticeship trades in house at a polytechnic institution. I also wrote freelance projects for newspapers and magazines during evenings and weekends. I loved …

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