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…
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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 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 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…
An Editor’s Shelter-In-Place Diary 5-14-20: Website Revamp & Bulb Update
Two full months into the coronavirus stay-at-home life, I’ve finally tackled a task put off for far too long: revisions to this website…
An Editor’s Shelter-in-Place Diary 4/28/20: First Entry and Bulbs
Like so many, I’ve been sheltering in place this spring due to coronavirus. In my case this began partially on March 16, 2020, the first day that my son’s public school became fully online…
Achieving GoalTopia: A chat with Debra Eckerling, author of “Your Goal Guide”
One of my go-to Twitter chats is Debra Eckerling’s #GoalChat (which everyone should totally check out). When she mentioned the forthcoming work goal-setting on the chat in 2019, I immediately knew an author interview and book feature was on my blogging horizon. I spoke with Eckerling in January, just before the publication of Your Goal Guide: A Roadmap for Setting, Planning and Achieving Your Goals…
You may need a current resume next month. Next week. Tomorrow. Today!
When my child began full-day kindergarten in 2012, I contemplated whether to go back into work full time or explore robust work-at-home options. Either choice required a current resume, and at the time I hadn’t updated mine in nearly five years…
Is spellcheck enough? Nope! Have an eyeball or two review that writing project.
When people discover I’m a freelance editor at networking events or through casual conversation, they occasionally ask this question: “Why does anyone need an editor when they can just use spellcheck?”
Pamela Barroway 