by Susannah Noel | Jul 27, 2021 | Business Talk, Finding Work
Did you know there are 7 editorial roles? Learn where you fit in with our free Book Editor Profile quiz. Traditional trade publishing is, once again, changing. On May 10, 2021, HarperCollins absorbed Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and the Boston-based publisher was drawn...
by Sheryl Rapée-Adams | May 3, 2021 | Business Talk
I just took the exciting step of becoming an LLC, or Limited Liability Company. I’m now in the Vermont Secretary of State’s registry under Sheryl Rapée-Adams Copyediting, LLC, dba Cat’s Eye Copyediting. It took a week, a lawyer, and $600 to transform my side hustle...
by Susannah Noel | Dec 3, 2019 | Editing Nuts & Bolts
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 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 | 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...
