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Even though editors work with words, they often find it difficult to nail the copy on their website. As editorial business owners, it’...

As a freelance editor, do you absolutely need to have a website? The short answer is no. Yet I’m going to argue why ...

So, you’re an editorial professional who’s decided you’d like to dip your toe into developmental fiction editing. It sounds like a fun...

If you’re a freelance editor, I’m sure you’ve been in this situation before … You’re in conversation wit...

I’ve just come back from a few days in Edinburgh, where attended the Society for Editors and Proofreader’s Mini-Conference...

Starting 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...

Lots of editors get hung up on the use of social media to market their businesses … I suspect it starts to feel like something w...

If you’re a freelance editor, have you ever asked yourself how many hours a day you should spend editing? You might wonder how y...

When you run your own business, you can often take your work with you wherever you go. It’s one of the reasons I love running a freela...

Being a freelance fiction editor isn’t all sunshine and roses (self-assessment tax returns, anyone?) but the benefits of running your ...

The purpose of training is twofold: to make sure your skills are up to scratch and to demonstrate to potential clients that you know y...

Every year, the Society for Editors and Proofreaders invites its members to gather for a long weekend of chatting, drinking, eating, w...