At some point in your career as a self-employed editorial professional, you're going to compare your fees with those of your colleagues...

Most years, I send out "Happy New Year" greeting cards by snail mail to every single one of my clients, even those I haven't e...

I was recently privileged to edit sections of a physician-researcher's proposal for a grant from the National Institutes of Health to fu...

I'm so proud of self-employed proofreader and copyeditor Cassie Armstrong, one of my mentees! She's such a go-getter. Read her story...

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I've noticed a troubling divide among self-employed editorial professionals in how they approach finding work with new clients and respo...

I know that some of you, seeing the title of this post, are rolling your eyes and thinking something like this: Good grief! There she goes a...

For an author, being edited can feel intrusive. But you, as the editor, can take some preventive actions early on to build a trust-filled au...

Because it's the start of a new year, it's a good idea for self-employed editorial professionals to update their online details. Mak...

Right now, I'm busy with final preparations for a presentation on how freelancers can benefit from their online presence that I'll ...

In medical publishing, one of the hot issues now is transparency, or full disclosure, regarding any possible conflicts of interest. It's...

If you're a self-employed editorial professional, you've found that résumés and business cards aren't enough anymore to keep you...

I was recently asked, on an e-mail list for editors, what my techniques are for avoiding getting stiffed by clients and what to do when a cl...

If you've followed my blog for at least the last 12 months, you know that I'm a huge fan of using social media —Twitter in particula...

On Thursday, August 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time, I'll spill my secrets in an audio conference, sponsored by Copyediting ...

I'm reading a great new book, The Twitter Job Search Guide , by Susan Britton Whitcomb, Chandlee Bryan, and Deb Dib (published by JIST) ...

I use Facebook , LinkedIn , Bluesky , and Mastodon , in addition to my own website , as part of my business presence. If you're a freela...

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My article "I'm On Twitter: Now What Do I Use It For?" is in the current issue of the AMWA Journal (volume 25, issue 2). AMW...

I heard back from the publisher today about my additions to the book I'm getting coauthor credit on: The manuscript looks fine to me ....