Don’t Let Your Ego Ruin Your Business
I run my own business. I employ myself – and no one else. And so I want my business to reflect my personality and values. To me, it’s ...
Read moreI run my own business. I employ myself – and no one else. And so I want my business to reflect my personality and values. To me, it’s ...
Read moreOn the last day of 2016, I published my Year in Review and Goals for 2017. Since then, I’ve been doing quarterly reviews to keep track...
Read moreA client has approached you to help them with their novel manuscript. They either don’t know about the different stages of editi...
Read moreEven though we work with words, why is it so difficult to nail the copy on our websites? As editorial business owners, it’s literally ...
Read moreAs a freelance editor, do you absolutely need to have a website? The short answer is no. Yet I’m going to argue why ...
Read moreRather than write down my goals and not review them again until the end of the year, I thought it would be a good idea to start doing ...
Read moreSo, you’re an editorial professional who’s decided you’d like to dip your toe into developmental fiction editing. It sounds like a fun...
Read moreIf you’re a freelance editor, I’m sure you’ve been in this situation before … You’re in conversation wit...
Read moreOver the past few days, I’ve been searching for more editors to connect with on Twitter. And I’ve been pretty shocked at w...
Read moreI’ve just come back from a few days in Edinburgh, where attended the Society for Editors and Proofreader’s Mini-Conference...
Read moreStarting your own editing business can be scary. You have no colleagues to turn to for advice, no managers to steer you in the right d...
Read moreRather than write down my goals and not review them again until the end of the year, I thought it would be a good idea to start doing ...
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