When I first started freelancing, an acquaintance asked if I would edit some copy. A small project, that would take little time. The content was minimal, so I did the favor…
Tag Archives: Proofreading
Can You Edit With a Headache?
There’s a familiar creeping pressure in my temples. Sometimes right, sometimes left, other times both…
Taking Back My Editing Portfolio (and Saving Some Money, Too)
A portfolio of work is essential in both job hunting, and for freelancers such as myself, in acquiring new clients…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 11-16-21: The Editing (and Life) Middle Ground
Copy can absolutely be over-edited. Clients will not be pleased with the results if their content comes back and is completely changed in tone, or cut down well beyond what they wanted. (Trust me on this.)…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 8-6-21: Embracing My Editing Superpower
Earlier this year I wrote about deciding to remain a part-time freelance editor, instead of seeking full-time work. Since then I’ve decided to embrace the first, best use of my editing mojo…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 4-15-21: Hope Blooms; Blogging Task Blocks
My favorite rhododendron survived another winter to fully bloom, and I too made it through and finally received the COVID vaccine…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 2-12-21: Decisions, Decisions; To Copy and Paste … or Not
Do I want to remain a freelance editor? Apply for full-time positions … or maybe part-time? Onsite or remote? Perhaps a combination of these? These are questions I’ve been mulling over daily in the last few months while job searching…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 12-28-20: Looking to 2021 – Keep on Editing, Keep on Job Searching, Keep on Sheltering … for Now
This pandemic and blog series has blown past the nine-month mark. There is light at the end of the proverbial tunnel (as the saying goes) in the form of several different vaccines … but resolution is still months off. So I will keep on…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 11-18-20: Proofreading Tips and Eye Strain Busters for Error-Free Biz Communications
Working remotely – as many of us are continuing to do eight months into the COVID pandemic – means that many of our communications will continue to be digital. I’m referring to written exchanges…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 9-15-20: 1 Planned Change (Domain Name), and 2 Unplanned (New Website Theme, Creating Second Home Office)
You have a goal in mind, a task to complete. A well-thought out course of action to follow. And everything goes according to plan.
Then there are the times when the opposite occurs, and you just have to roll with the changes…
Pamela Barroway 