by Nancy Marriott | Nov 19, 2019 | Business Talk, Editing Nuts & Bolts
Do you love to read and wish you could spend your life with books? Do you find errors in books and wonder how they got there? Do you cringe at misplaced apostrophes and rail at undeveloped character arcs? If so, you may be a wordsmith who hasn’t reached your...
by Susannah Noel | Dec 3, 2019 | Editing Nuts & Bolts, Finding Work
If you’re considering a career as a freelance book editor, you’re probably wondering what type of editing is right for you. This is a question we often get from aspiring book editors. They’re interested in bringing their talent with words to the...
by Nancy Marriott | Nov 6, 2019 | Inspiration
“Book editor.” The mere mention conjures up an image of an exalted creature who sits in a corner office of a Manhattan publishing house, madly editing great piles of manuscripts in a quest to create bestsellers, à la Maxwell Perkins. Celebrity editor Maxwell Perkins...
by Nancy Marriott | Oct 29, 2019 | Business Talk, News & Announcements
One of the fastest ways to learn about the field of freelance editing is to attend a regional or national conference. This summer, Susannah and I did just that. Gathering with over two hundred freelance editors, writers, indexers, translators, and other editorial...
by Susannah Noel | Jul 20, 2019 | Inspiration
In March 2019, I went to the ACES conference in Providence, RI. I met many lovely fellow editors, including Emily King. Emily was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about her life as an editor. Emily offers line editing, copyediting, and proofreading for a...
by Nancy Marriott | Jul 2, 2019 | News & Announcements
Summer has arrived—at least, judging by the vibrant green foliage and fragrant lilacs in bloom outside my office window here in Montpelier, Vermont. Susannah and I are glad for the temporary end to braving icy roads and white-out conditions to get to our local evening...
