by Pat Dobie | May 9, 2025 | Business Talk, Inspiration
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional and EAA Instructor Pat Dobie. Editing can be thrilling? Yes! If you love books, love to read, and love to help writers, then developmental editing might be the perfect job for you. Year 0: What Is...
by Editorial Arts Academy | Feb 11, 2024 | Business Talk, Inspiration
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional Rachel Lapidow. In August 2023, I traveled to Alexandria, Virginia, to attend the Editorial Freelancers Association Conference 2023 (EFACON 2023, or just EFACON). I was looking forward to hanging out...
by Editorial Arts Academy | Feb 4, 2024 | Classes & Events, Editing Nuts & Bolts
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional Nancy Marriott. In my 25+ years of freelance book editing, I’ve come across some difficult clients. From my experience with authors of nonfiction popular books, I’ve learned a few things. Not to...
by Editorial Arts Academy | Aug 21, 2023 | Business Talk, Finding Work, News & Announcements
Editor’s Note: This post was written by social media professional and editor Jamie Johnson, an account manager at Officially Social. In recent years, social media has changed the landscape of the writing industry, paving the way for freelance book editors...
by Susannah Noel | Aug 12, 2023 | Classes & Events, Finding Work
Do any of these apply to you? You’re starting out as a freelance book editor, and you don’t know where to find your first few clients. You’ve been editing for a while, but you’re now languishing in the dreaded “feast or famine”...
by Nancy Marriott | Mar 5, 2023 | Classes & Events
Self-help books are among the most popular genres for nonfiction books today. But where is the “self-help” book for editors who support authors in writing such books? There’s a gap in that market, with one exception: Scott Norton’s Developmental Editing: A Handbook...
