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How to Make More Money as a Freelance Editor

If you’re trying to build your freelance business, you’d probably like to know how to make more money as an editor. One way to do that is to offer a wider variety of services to meet client needs. Expanding the services you offer is also a great way to add some variety to your day….

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Finding Freelance Work

As someone who recently moved to Spain from the US, I’m part of a few expat groups online, and people are constantly posting warnings such as, “Watch out! My friend didn’t get her visa renewed because she didn’t keep her private health insurance!” The backstory: For some types of visas, you have to have private…

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Becoming a digital nomad

One of the things I love about having a freelance editing career is that I can do it from anywhere. Sometimes this is not a very fun place, like my daughter’s hospital room. Other times, it’s Paris. The Flexibility of Remote Work Recently, out of a burning desire to escape the circus that is my…

How to Get Started as a Developmental Editor

A tale of three aspiring editors. This post is based on real people, but I’ve changed names and other identifying details – I’m not trying to embarrass anyone, I’m trying to inspire action. About three years ago, three students started taking classes at Club Ed at the same time. Let’s call them Jane, Martha, and…

How long does it take to edit a manuscript?

Editors often aren’t sure how long it takes to edit a manuscript, from the first read-through to the final review of the revision letter. I’d say that editors underestimate by about 25% (sometimes more) much of the time. If you underestimate badly enough, you wind up earning less than you would shaking a fry basket…

The Skills Freelance Editors Need

If you’re interested in learning how to become a freelance book editor, you’re probably wondering what kind of person thrives in the environment—what kind of skills freelance editors need. Training for Fiction Editors First, you have to have training (and that’s where Club Ed comes in). Without a specific understanding of editing methodology – whether…

The problem with unasked-for editing

Getting work as a freelance editor is always a challenge, and my colleagues sometimes see an opportunity when a local business or other organization publishes a newsletter or blog post with errors. They ask me, “I’m thinking about pointing out the errors and offering my editorial services for pay. What do you think?” I think…