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Explorations of the various sectors of editorial freelance work.

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Editing Genre Fiction ... more
Indexing ... more

The Full Media Blog ... more

Starting Out in Editorial Freelancing – Readers' Favourites ... more

Guest articles and interviews that feature proofreaders, editors, writers, publishers, trainers and developers contributing to the world of words.

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Editing on the third rock from the sun? Well, West of Mars actually ...
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Indexing (by Ann Hudson) ... more

Forthcoming: The fiction editor ● The PDF software developer ● The editorial mentor

Articles: Making the Most of Limited Space: 3 Steps to Effective Directory Advertising ● The Publisher: The Proofreader’s Best Friend? ● Good Proofreading Practice ● Favourite Proofreading Tools ● Starting Out in Proofreading: Knowing Your Strengths

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Working with Editorial Colleagues: The Informal Referral ... more
The Proofreader and the Self-publisher: Are You a Good Fit for Each Other? ... more

My favourite blogs from proofreaders, editors, writers, librarians and scholars ...

An American Editor – editing and business advice from Rich Adin
Armed with Pens –
advice for editors and writers
Beyond Paper Editing –tips for writers and editors alike
Commas, Characters and Crime Scenes – "self-editing advice from the front line of fiction publishing"
Copyediting.com – editing and language blog
DCBLOG – David Crystal, writer, editor, lecturer, broadcaster
Editing Mechanics – “a blog about how people work together to create great text” from Hazel Harris
EditorMom – editing, medical editing, and business aspects of freelancing
The Editor's POV – forum for freelance editors of fiction
Eva's Sirius Blog – an author/editor on life stuff from a different angle
Freelance Feast – advice on working independently in healthy ways
Freelance Folder – freelance tools, resources, tips and advice
Freelance Switch – sound practical advice on freelancing
Full Media blog – insights and opinion of online media, with a strong marketing focus
Grammar Girl – Mignon Fogarty's Quick and Dirty Tips
Let's Get Digital – David Gaughran's low-down on self-publishing
Kate Blackham – editor of hard sums and geekspeak
Kateproof Blog – covers all things proofreading and editing
MorningStar Editing – editorial freelancing blog from Cassie Armstrong
PublishED Adelaide – for editors, publishers and authors
Publishing Training Centre Blog – freelancing, publishing knowledge base and grammar tips
Scholarly Kitchen – opinion and comment on scholarly publishing
Sentence First – Stan Carey's English-language blog
Sharmanedit – journal publishing blog with a focus on biomedical science
Subversive Copy Editor – advice from Chicago
Writers and Editors –Pat McNees on writing, editing and publishing
Writer Beware ® Blogs! – focuses on literary scams, schemes, and pitfalls, along with some all round good-sense talk on publishing

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As of 8 December 2011