by Editorial Arts Academy | Aug 29, 2022 | Finding Work, Inspiration
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional Rachel Lapidow. Now that I’ve been a freelance copyeditor, proofreader, and developmental editor for six years, I’ve started to get more questions from current and aspiring copyeditors about how I...
by Editorial Arts Academy | May 18, 2022 | Business Talk, Finding Work
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional Suzy Bills. As a freelance editor, have you ever been confused about which pricing method to use? Does your stomach knot up when you try to decide how much to charge for a project? Have you...
by Alison Lukin | Mar 7, 2022 | Finding Work
In Part 1 of “Can Social Media Help Book Editors Get Work?,” we explored the benefits of being active on social media and which platforms can be the most fruitful for growing your client base. Now that you know which platforms to be on, what to post, and best...
by Editorial Arts Academy | Feb 10, 2022 | Finding Work, Inspiration
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional Jenny DeBell. I recently completed the copyediting course at Editorial Arts Academy in order to build skills I’ve developed more or less informally, and to help clarify some of the differences between...
by Editorial Arts Academy | Jan 11, 2022 | Editing Nuts & Bolts
Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional Katherine Kirk. Hold on to your red pen! I’m about to show you how I become a highly efficient editing machine by combining: Macros Keyboard shortcuts TextExpander snippets Word add-ons My Favorite...
by Editorial Arts Academy | Nov 30, 2021 | Business Talk, Inspiration
Want to win a copy of Dreyer's English or the Stet! card game? Join our December giveaway! Editor’s note: This is a guest post by editorial professional Caitlin O’Brien. No matter how much you love freelance book editing, or any kind of editing, or how...