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Freelance Tips from an Editor with ADHD, Part 1

December 15, 2022 | Filed under: Jahleen Turnbull-Sousa

Neurodivergent or neurotypical, freelance business owners share many of the same struggles: choosing a niche, finding clients, balancing admin time with billable time, juggling deadlines and allocating time, money and energy. In my previous article, I shared my story of how I discovered I had attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) just as …

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Combining Careers, Part 1: Vocational Discernment

December 8, 2022 | Filed under: Kate Merriman

I had been losing sleep for the better part of a year. The Anglican church in Toronto’s St. Clair West area, where I served as incumbent, could no longer afford a full-time priest. In a part of the city bounded by Little Portugal and Corso Italia, the prospects for Anglican …

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The Pros and Cons of Sample Edits

December 1, 2022 | Filed under: Laura Bontje

If you asked 10 editors how they approach sample edits, you’d probably get 10 different answers. Some editors charge for sample edits, some offer samples for free and some don’t do sample edits at all. Some editors begin on page one, and others edit an excerpt from the middle. So …

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Can I Be an Editor If I Have ADHD?

October 4, 2022 | Filed under: Jahleen Turnbull-Sousa

Can you be an editor if you have attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)? It’s a question I’ve been asked more than once, and one I see posted periodically in editor groups. It’s also a question I asked myself many times at the start of my career. I was diagnosed with ADHD in …

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Editing Picture Books without the Pictures

September 6, 2022 | Filed under: Laura Bontje

Picture books: the artwork is so integral that it’s part of the name. But unless you’re working with an author/illustrator, editing a picture book usually means analyzing a text-only manuscript. For contemporary picture books, the illustrations are more than adornments; they’re a critical part of the storytelling. At the manuscript …

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Long Live Long-time Freelancing

July 5, 2022 | Filed under: Suzanne Bowness

My name is Sue, and I’m a long-time, full-time freelancer. While most of the time I’m in the trees of my business, once in a while I zoom out to the forest and think about how different my way of working has been from that of other people. For 20 …

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Amy J. Schneider: An Editor’s Top 3

May 24, 2022 | Filed under: Amy J. Schneider

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Amy J. Schneider has been a full-time freelance copyeditor and proofreader of fiction and non-fiction and the owner of Featherschneider Editorial Services since 1995. Since 2012 Amy has written articles and presented …

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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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What Does a Recipe Editor Do?

April 19, 2022 | Filed under: Judy Phillips

Whether for soufflé, soup, salsa or something else altogether, a culinary recipe is essentially a how-to document. As a form of technical editing, then, recipe editing is all about ensuring that the user (the reader) can successfully assemble the product (a dish). As a recipe editor, it’s my responsibility (along …

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