THE EDITORS' WEEKLY

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Count Your Hours to Boost Your Freelance Editing Business

October 24, 2024 by Erin Brenner | Leave a Comment

I love data. And maybe because my first jobs involved punching a clock, I’m really good at tracking my time. But many freelance editors I talk with don’t track their time. Tracking hours takes effort. If you’re not billing per hour, why bother? To that I would reply, Would you rather earn $20 an hour […]

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Lawrence Groening

Mind the Gap! The Point of Sensitivity Reading

October 17, 2024 by Lawrence Groening | 2 Comments on Mind the Gap! The Point of Sensitivity Reading

We’re all familiar with the aphorism “write what you know” and the endless debates on who should be allowed to write what. Multiple studies have shown that our perceptions are shaped by the media we consume, from the books we read as children to the evening news we watch as adults. When those media rely […]

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Michelle Waitzman

Five Tips for Creating a Newsletter People Will Actually Read

October 10, 2024 by Michelle Waitzman | Leave a Comment

Michelle Waitzman will be discussing more about using plain language principles to improve newsletters — as well as professional emails and presentations — in her webinar “Newsletters, Emails and Presentations: Improving the Tools of Business Communications” on October 29 at 1 pm ET. Marketing experts have been telling business owners and solopreneurs for years that […]

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Sohini Ghose: An Editor’s Top 3

October 3, 2024 by Sohini Ghose | 2 Comments on Sohini Ghose: An Editor’s Top 3

In this series, experienced editors reflect on their Top 3 tools, rules and suggestions for clients and colleagues. Sohini Ghose (she/her) is an editor with over fifteen years of international experience, having worked on an array of books with indie and major publishers, university presses, and debut and bestselling authors, including a Nobel Prize laureate. […]

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Discussion Scenario: Editing While Under the Weather

September 26, 2024 by Laura Bontje | 8 Comments on Discussion Scenario: Editing While Under the Weather

[Content note: This post contains non-graphic discussion of mild pneumonia.] By their very nature, dilemmas don’t offer a clear right answer. So this week, I’m turning the advice over to you. I’ll be honest: this has been a challenging September. I’m feeling much better now, but I spent the first part of the month exhausted […]

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Editing with Vision Loss: Accessibility Tips

September 19, 2024 by Alex Benarzi | 2 Comments on Editing with Vision Loss: Accessibility Tips

Editors with vision loss? It is not possible. After all, editing is a visual practice, isn’t it? How can you catch every typo and every errant comma in a manuscript when you struggle to see? Yes, I have heard these and similar comments. I am here this week to show you how I, a professional […]

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Customer Service for Editors: “Saving the Table” When You Make a Mistake

September 12, 2024 by Kay Pettigrew | 4 Comments on Customer Service for Editors: “Saving the Table” When You Make a Mistake

Before striking out on my own as a freelance editor and writer, I worked in maybe 10,000 restaurants. I’ve since found there’s quite a lot of overlap between hospitality and editing — especially when it comes to making a mistake. In both industries, our job is to finesse things to the point where the work […]

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From Chaos to Confidence: Advice for New Editing Students

September 5, 2024 by Eilidh Locherty | 1 Comment on From Chaos to Confidence: Advice for New Editing Students

I was updating my LinkedIn profile, something I strive to do once a month (well, maybe once a quarter, if I’m being honest), when I decided to look at the list of courses I’ve taken over the past few years. And … it appears I may have a light-hearted love affair with editing courses. Now, […]

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Trello for Editors: Three Ways to Make It Your Own

August 29, 2024 by Laura Bontje | Leave a Comment

In any project-driven job, it’s important to have a system for tracking your workflow and deadlines. Project management tools can vary from paper to-do lists to free or paid software. But it can take time to find the system that works best for you, especially when you’re not sure how best to optimize it for […]

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Last But Not Least: An Interview with Leslie Vermeer

August 22, 2024 by Lucy Kenward | Leave a Comment

Leslie Vermeer is a longtime editor and academic who teaches editing and publishing. She is also the author of The Complete Canadian Book Editor and, most recently, Last But Not Least, a book about proofreading that includes tips and practical exercises. She spoke with Lucy Kenward about her newest book. The following interview has been […]

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