Last year, I wrote a blog post about the projects I worked on the prior year because I often get asked, “So you’re a freelancer. What do you really do?” This year, I’m continuing this new tradition of taking a…
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A Year in the Life of a Freelance Writer and Editor
Tagged with: copywriting, editing, freelance editing, freelance editor, freelance writer, freelance writing, magazine writing, thankfulness
Posted in Writing and Editing
Posted in Writing and Editing
3 Things I Learned While Editing the Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com
Last year, I had the wonderful opportunity to edit Nancy Hendrickson’s Unofficial Guide to Ancestry.com. Before editing the book, I thought I knew Ancestry.com pretty well, especially since I often used it in my freelance work for Family Tree Magazine…
Tagged with: Ancestry.com, family history, freelance editing, freelance writing, genealogy
Posted in Genealogy/Family History
Posted in Genealogy/Family History
How to Know It’s Time for a Career Change
Two years ago I made a big career change: I gave up my full-time job with benefits to become a full-time freelance writer and editor. As I’ve talked with my friends throughout the past couple of years, many of them…
Tagged with: career advice, freelance editing, freelance editor, freelance writer, freelance writing
Posted in Writing and Editing
Posted in Writing and Editing
What I Do as a Freelance Writer and Editor
“So, you’re a freelancer, but what do you really do?” When I first started my full-time freelance writing and editing gig two years ago today, I got this question a lot, especially from family and friends and even from business…
Tagged with: freelance editing, freelance editor, freelance writer, freelance writing, gratitude
Posted in Writing and Editing
Posted in Writing and Editing
6 Practical Tips to Improve Your First Draft
As an editor, I’ve seen writing that runs the gamut from copy in a really rough state to writing that’s quite polished with few errors. No matter what you’re writing—a book, a marketing brochures, or an email blast—a rougher work…
Tagged with: copywriting, editing, freelance editing, freelance editor, freelance writer, freelance writing, writing advice, writing tips
Posted in Writing and Editing
Posted in Writing and Editing
Tools of the Trade: 5 Essential Tools This Freelancer Can’t Live Without
When I began to do freelance writing and editing full-time, I thought all I’d need was my laptop and an Internet connection to do my work efficiently. The longer I have freelanced, the more tools I’ve discovered to help me…
5 Reasons to Hire an Editor
The work that editors do is sometimes undervalued. Of course, as a professional editor, I may be a little biased, but if people could see the work that goes on behind-the-scenes—before a brochure, a book, or even a website is…
3 Common and Easily Correctable Writing Mistakes
A large portion of the work I do involves editing other people’s writing. Through editing work for various clients over the years, I have noticed many common mistakes that writers at all organizations make. Whether it’s a book project or…
Tagged with: editing advice, editing tips, freelance editing, freelance editor, writing advice, writing tips
Posted in Writing and Editing
Posted in Writing and Editing
