A BLOG FOR EDITORS, PROOFREADERS AND WRITERS

Editors on the Blog is a monthly column curating some of the best posts from the editing community – articles written by editors and proofreaders for colleagues and clients alike.

My thanks to this month's contributors!

THE BUSINESS OF EDITING

• 5-minute branding by John Espirian, published on Espirian. John writes: ‘This quick exercise will help you sharpen your written voice and add consistency to all your communications.’
• Blog republishing strategy by John Espirian, published on Espirian. John writes: ‘Bloggers can stop worrying about duplicate content penalties from Google. With this advice, they can press ahead with republishing their articles on LinkedIn and Medium, helping their content reach a wider audience.’
• Overcoming marketing paralysis: How to turn overwhelm into action by Louise Harnby on The Parlour. Louise writes: 'Business promotion can feel overwhelming, and that can lead to inaction. This article includes some tips to help you move forward ... gently.'
• PayPal fees and your right to profits by Erin Brenner, published on Copyediting. Erin writes: 'The world does not owe you a profitable business. If you run a business to make money, the general rule is that you have to spend money first.'
• The editorial rates debate – why I don’t charge by the hour by Jen Toyne, published on the Jet Proofreading blog. Jen writes: ‘This article is about how charging by the hour does not work for me and how I made peace with my simple approach to pricing based on number of words.’ 
• Things I have learned in a year of running a business by Renee Moodie, published on the Safe Hands Web & Content Services blog. Renee writes: 'There’s been much to learn in a year of freelancing, starting with understanding that I am not in fact a freelancer but rather the owner of a business.'
• What to do when someone asks, 'What’s your rate?' by Molly McCowan, published on Copyediting. Molly writes: 'Do what you can to avoid offering up your hourly rate. Instead, gracefully “pivot” by answering with a question that will give you more insight into the project.'

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​CLIENT FOCUS​

• Q&A on what to expect from a thesis proofreading service by Kate Haigh, published on the Kateproof blog. Kate writes: 'I work with a lot of postgraduate students and often get asked the same or similar questions. This blog post is a collation of the most common questions, with answers, which will hopefully help prospective clients but also other editors and proofreaders looking to work with this client set.'
• Proofreading tip – checking for mistyped words by Laura Ripper and Helen Stevens, published on the School Proof blog. ‘Teachers often have to proofread their own or their colleagues' student reports. We share some tips to help teachers and other professionals spot commonly mistyped words that Spellcheck won't flag up.’
• What is your writing worth to you? by Lisa Poisso, published on Clarity. Lisa writes, ‘Where’s the rule that says novelists have to accelerate from zero to pro with no professional guidance – and at no cost? Help clients put their editing costs into perspective.'
• Why ‘suddenly’ can spoil your crime fiction: Advice for new writers by Louise Harnby, published on The Parlour. Louise writes: ‘I discuss the negative impact that just one word can have on narrative tension: Suddenly. I don't suggest that writers should eradicate it, but rather use it judiciously and with intention.'

EDITING IN PRACTICE

• How to close an editorial project effectively by Hazel Bird, published on The Wordstitch Blog. Hazel writes: ‘Adding that last missing comma is not the end of a project. The way you close an editorial project has a huge bearing on how clients remember you (and thus whether your name pops into their head for future work) and how you manage your business’s development.’​
• Silent Changes by Eleanor Abraham, published on  eleanorabraham.com. Eleanor writes: ‘Word’s Track Changes is an amazing function letting you see all the revisions your editor is suggesting. But is it really necessary to see all the changes they make to your Word file?’
• Sorting text in Microsoft Word by Denise Foster, published on Fostered Creativity. Denise writes: ‘I recently participated in a Facebook discussion on this topic and then decided to write a blog post about it. I hope this is helpful to other writers and editors!’
• The editing and revision process for self-publishers by Lisa Poisso, published on Clarity. In this newly revised article, Lisa writes, ‘Add more opportunities for feedback, more opportunities to check specific elements, and more opportunities for a fresh look.’

​FREELANCE LIFE

• Success in freelancing: Is it luck or hard work? by Denise Foster, published on Fostered Creativity. Denise writes: ‘I’ve always been interested in this topic—what factors determine success? (And what defines “success” anyway?) I decided to share my thoughts about how this specifically relates to freelancing.’
• The Perfectpreneur by Sara Donaldson, published on Northern Editorial. Sara writes: ‘If you find you’re constantly comparing yourself to the Perfectpreneur – the businessperson who has it all – here’s an exercise that can help you come back down to earth.’ 
• This proofreader’s approach to GDPR by Kate Haigh, published on the Kateproof blog. Kate writes: 'With the new General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) coming into force in May 2018, affecting anyone working with clients in the EU, I thought it would be useful for clients and colleagues to see how I have approached compliance. This blog post has more detail than my new privacy policy, giving detailed reasons about why I store what data and where.'
• Unimposter-able me by Kia Thomas, published on Kia Thomas Editing. Kia writes: 'Imposter syndrome comes for most of us at some point in our careers. But lately I’ve been learning how to fight it, with the help of some classic 90s pop.'

Louise Harnby is a fiction copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in helping self-publishing writers prepare their novels for market.
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She is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors, and runs online courses from within the Craft Your Editorial Fingerprint series. She is also an Advanced Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. Louise loves books, coffee and craft gin, though not always in that order.

​Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader & Copyeditor, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

If you're an author, take a look at Louise’s Writing Library and access her latest self-publishing resources, all of which are free and available instantly.

Editors on the Blog is a monthly column curating some of the posts from the editing community – articles written by editors and proofreaders for colleagues and clients alike.

There are some absolute corkers in this inaugural edition. Thank you so much for contributing!

THE BUSINESS OF EDITING

• ‘How do I get freelance copywriting work?’ by John Espirian, published on Espirian. John writes: ‘One of the commonest questions I’m asked is: How do I get copywriting work? I hope it helps a few of you newbie copywriters to get started.'
• ‘How to get fiction editing and proofreading work’ by Louise Harnby, published on The Proofreader's Parlour. Louise writes: ‘This post looks at how specialization, training, directory advertising, content marketing, events and festivals, workshops and webinars, and reading fiction help to get us fiction editing work.'

​CLIENT FOCUS​

• '6 ways to improve your big-picture revision skills' by Lisa Poisso, published on JamiGold.com. Lisa writes: ‘Building your story sensibilities will give you the confidence to begin your revisions where they count: at the story level.’
• ‘Document content formats: pros and cons’ by John Espirian, published on Espirian. John writes: ‘My clients are often unsure about which document format they should use for their content. In this article, I look at the pros and cons of HTML, PDF, Word and PowerPoint.’
• 'How to cope when your manuscript query is rejected' by Lisa Poisso, published on lisapoisso.com. Lisa writes: ‘Your soul is not being judged at the pearly gates. You’re pitching a book in an industry based on pitching books. Toughen up. Lean into the punches and push back.’
• ‘How to start writing your novel’ by Cally Worden, published on The Enigma Blog. Cally writes: ‘If you perpetually avoid putting pen to paper (or fingers to keys) here are five possible reasons why, with some ideas to help you out of each particular novel-writing rut.’
• 'Crime fiction subgenres: Where does your novel fit?' by Louise Harnby, published on The Proofreader’s Parlour. Louise writes: ‘Understanding your crime-fiction subgenre(s) helps you tell readers where to find you, agents where to place you, and publishers where to shelve you. This article covers some of the biggies.’

EDITING IN PRACTICE

• ‘The art of being invisible’ by Brian Langan, published on Storyline Editing. Brian writes: ‘Book editors measure their success by their invisibility. Yet they share the emotional highs and lows of the authors, depending on the books’ critical reception.’
• ‘Proofreading pitfalls: Nine tips to improve your proofreading strategy’ by Hazel Bird, published on The Wordstitch Blog. Hazel writes: ‘How methodical is your proofreading approach? My latest blog post has nine tips on proofreading strategy from my experience as a project manager and proofreader.’

FREELANCE LIFE

• 'Business continuity planning for your proofreading service' by Pete Haigh, published on Kateproof. Pete writes: ‘My laptop broke. I thought it would be helpful to share my experience of what I did to get my editing and proofreading service back up and running and the lessons learnt (some the hard way!) from this process.’
• ‘Getting better and getting organised’ by Sarah Dronfield, published on Sarah Dronfield Proofreader. Sarah writes: ‘I hope that sharing my experiences will help others recognise when they need a break and/or what they could do to be more productive.’
• ​‘Introductory post to my series on being a nomadic editor and proofreader’ by Kate Haigh, published on Kateproof. Kate writes: ‘As the world’s workforce has the technology at hand to become less geographically fixed, I thought it might help other proofreaders and editors if I shared my experiences of being a nomadic editor and proofreader.’

LANGUAGE MATTERS

• ‘Cambridge Analytica Debacle – The Definition of Breach’ by Laureen Hudson, published on AlienVault. Laureen writes: ‘It's incredibly important, when explaining technology to those who are not fluent in its nuance, to use your words precisely, in a consistent and clear way. And as much as little sideslips like “on premise” and “crypto” make us all twitch, the use of the term “breach” when no actual breach occurred not only misleads people, it blurs the line between those victimized by breaches, and those manipulated without their explicit consent.’
• ‘Shakespeare’s Netymology’ by Laureen Hudson, published on AlienVault. Laureen writes: ‘Because technical editors and technical writers are also looking for ways to describe that thing that happens, we tend to be early adopters of protologisms, and move words along the spectrum to neologisms as fast as we upgrade the technology itself. As Shakespeare said in Henry V, “We, my dear, are the makers of fashion.”’

Louise Harnby is a fiction copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in helping self-publishing writers prepare their novels for market.
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She is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors, and runs online courses from within the Craft Your Editorial Fingerprint series. She is also an Advanced Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. Louise loves books, coffee and craft gin, though not always in that order.

​Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader & Copyeditor, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

If you're an author, take a look at Louise’s Writing Library and access her latest self-publishing resources, all of which are free and available instantly.

Here are four resources that anyone starting out in proofreading or editing might like to consider for their bookshelf. Each has its own particular angle and therefore complements the other three. One of the biggest struggles for the new entrant to the editorial freelancing field is dealing with the disconnect between having the skills to do a job and having the knowledge to run a business. These four books aim to help the newbie bridge that gap.

Starting Out: Setting Up a Small Business, 3rd ed.
Val Rice, in association with the SfEP

​From the blurb: 'If you're thinking of becoming an editorial freelance, or have recently taken the plunge, here's invaluable help from someone who has done it successfully.

There's information on making the decision to go freelance ● what you'll need to set yourself up ●  managing your finances ● advice on how to get work and how much to charge ● and a section of useful websites and books.'

Paperback; approx. 23 pages; more details and information here.

Business Planning for Editorial Freelancers: A Guide for New Starters
Louise Harnby, in association with the PTC
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Written by an established freelance proofreader, this practical, step-by-step guide helps those with no prior publishing or editorial experience get their editorial business up and running.

Chapters focus on why a business plan is necessary ● the different aspects of editorial freelancing ● training ● client focus ● getting experience ● financial assessment ● marketing ● networking, tools for the job ● and real-world case studies featuring new starters and successful practitioners.

Paperback and ebook; approx. 125 pages; more details and ordering information here.

​Going it Alone at 40: How I Survived My First Year of Full-Time Self-Employment
Liz Broomfield
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From the blurb: 'This book is a mixture of diary entries and useful articles that will help you to find out:
 
Whether self-employment is for you ● how to establish a business while maintaining your employment ● how to set goals ● how to network ● how to measure your social media and website success ● how to manage your days so you stay healthy ● how to achieve a good work/life balance ● and how to dress to work at home.'

Ebook; approx. 134 pages; more details and information here.

​How to succeed as a Freelancer in Publishing: The Complete Guide
Emma Murray and Charlie Wilson

From the blurb: 'This book tells you how to build a successful freelance business around supplying publishing services ... 

It includes top tips; insider knowledge and case studies ● 
information on how to market yourself ● how to deal with finance ● how to find out what your clients are looking for ●  plus invaluable insights from other successful freelancers and industry experts.'

Paperback; approx 240 pages; more details and information here.​

Louise Harnby is a professional proofreader and copyeditor. She curates The Proofreader's Parlour and is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors and proofreaders.

Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

This article features a selection of links to articles and guidelines related to the provision of proofreading/editing services for students.

​The area is something of a minefield, with some institutions encouraging it and some absolutely forbidding it. 

The overall message is clear: before commencing editing or proofreading work on Master's dissertations or doctoral theses, ask the student for confirmation that they have permission from their academic supervisor to use your services and be clear about any particular restrictions on levels of intervention. 

• “Can you proofread my thesis by tomorrow?” – Editorial Freelancing in the Student Market (Shani D’Cruze, Proofreader’s Parlour) 
• Deterring, Detecting and Dealing with Student Plagiarism (Joint Information Systems Committee – JISC) 
• General Principles and Guidelines for Thesis Editing (University of Bologna) 
• Editing Research Theses (Institute of Professional Editors – IPEd) 
• Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Theses/Dissertations (Editors’ Association of Canada) 
• Is Proofreading Plagiarism? (Guardian)
• On Plagiarism (a good article for students and proofreaders alike on plagiarism and good practice when proofreading student dissertations and theses) (Libro Editing)
• Plagiarism and Collaboration (Harvard University) 
• Plagiarism and Unauthorized Assistance (Thomas Jefferson School of Law) 
• Problematising Proofreading (Mary Scott and Joan Turner, Zeitschrift Schreiben) 
• Proof Reading Rules (University of Leicester) 
• Proofreading: A Guide for Students (Keele University)
• Student Proofreading Ethics (KateProof)
• The ethics of proofreading for students – an update (KateProof) 
• Proofreading Theses and Dissertations (Stephen Cashmore, Society for Editors and Proofreaders Guide) 
• University Policy and Guidance on Proofreading (University of Essex)  
• University Policy on the Use of Proof Readers (University of East Anglia) 

Louise Harnby is a professional proofreader and copyeditor. She curates The Proofreader's Parlour and is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors and proofreaders.

Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

This Roundup features resources for proofreaders and editors who work on law books and journals. Resources are free unless otherwise indicated (P = pay for).

Articles and tutorials

• Australian Guide to Legal Citations (Law) Referencing Module from La Trobe
• Basic Legal Citation (introduction to ALWD and Bluebook by Peter W. Martin)
• Bluebook Guide (Georgetown Law Library)
• Proofreading Law Books (Proofreader's Parlour)
• The Importance of Legal Citation (intro to basics of McGill Guide)

Software

• Citation-checking software resources compiled by C|M|Law (P)
• Citing the Law tutorial (using OSCOLA) 
• OSCOLA for EndNote, Latek, Refworks and Zotero

Style guides

• Citation Guides: Citing Legal Materials (Westfield State University)
• Australian Guide to Legal Citation (2nd edn)
• ALWD Citation Manual: A Professional System of Citation (P) and associated resources
• Bluebook (19th edn) (P)
• Canadian Guide to Uniform Legal Citation, aka McGill Guide (7th edn) (P)
• Guide to Using OSCOLA from University of Salford
• La Trobe Law Short Guide to Citing the Law (3rd edn) (Australia)
• New York Official Reports Style Manual
• New Zealand Law Style Guide (2nd edn)
• OSCOLA, Oxford University Standard for Citation of Legal Authorities (4th ed)
• OSCOLA Ireland​

This roundup provides a quick-access route to all the PDF proofreading marks files posted on the Parlour.

​I should have done this ages ago so apologies to anyone who's had to spend unnecessary time navigating their way around the Stamps archive to see what's available.

I'll keep this updated as new files are added so that there's always one central resource with all the necessary links.

• IMPORTANT: For detailed installation instructions, see my article Installation Instructions for Proofreading Stamps. Please follow these instructions to the letter BEFORE contacting me for support. 
• If you wish to create your own stamps, or you want to see samples of what a marked-up PDF looks like, see my article PDF Editing – Making the Most of the Stamps Tool. 
• For a list of American proofreading stamps visit KOK Edit’s Copyeditors' Knowledge Base and scroll down to "PDF editing stamps".
• For some great PDF mark-up tutorials and tips (using Acrobat), take a look the Acrobat PDF archive on the Right Angels and Polo Bears blog curated by Adrienne Montgomerie.
• You can find more information about onscreen work in the archives here on The Parlour: Stamps archive and Onscreen Work archive.

Louise Harnby is a fiction line editor, copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in helping self-publishing writers prepare their novels for market.
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She is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors, and runs online courses from within the Craft Your Editorial Fingerprint series. She is also an Advanced Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. Louise loves books, coffee and craft gin, though not always in that order.

​Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader & Copyeditor, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

If you're an author, take a look at her Self-publishers’ Writing Library and access her latest self-publishing resources, all of which are free and available instantly.

The following publishers, professional societies, and journals publish online lists of independent language editing services for academics needing pre-submission editorial help. If you’re a provider of ESL editing services you could investigate the possibility of getting your business included on some of these lists.

Some publishers only list agencies (to prevent the lists becoming too long). The alternative in that case is to contact those agency providers already listed and enquire as to whether your skills would enable you to join their teams. Examples include Charlesworth, Edanz, Editage and American Journal Editors. You’ll see these and other organizations cropping up time and again in the online listings that I’ve linked to below. 

Take a look at Anna Sharman’s excellent guest article here on the Parlour entitled Working for Academic Editing Agencies for a more in-depth look at this area of editing. Anna has first-hand experience of this market so if you're seriously considering this type of work then her overview is a must-read.

This list no doubt has some holes but it should provide some initial points of contact to help you build your editorial business portfolio, particularly if you have scientific higher-level qualifications and expertise.

• Academy of Management Learning & Education: English Language Editing Services. The AoM recommends American Journal Experts. To contact AJE with a view to joining their team of specialist editors, visit their website.
• American Association for Cancer Research: Language Editing Services.
• American Chemical Society: Language Editing Services.
• American Geophysical Union: Author Resource Center.
• American Meteorological Society: Pre-Submission Editing Services.
• American Society of Nutrition: Language Editing Services.
• Australian Journal of Crop Science: Language-Editing Services.
• AuthorAid supports developing country researchers to publish their work: Language Editing Services.
• Better Advances Press: Language-Editing Services for Authors.
• BioMed Central,  Applied Physics Letters, Springer, and ChemistryCentral recommend Edanz. To contact Edanz with a view to joining their team of specialist ESL scientific editors, visit their website.
• Edinburgh University Press: The Writing Process.
• Editage: Visit this language editing agency direct.
• Emerald: Literati Network Editing Service. 
• ENAGO: Visit this language editing agency direct.
• Endocrine Society: Language-Editing Services.
• Karger list only AJE in their resources.
• Landes Bioscience: each journal has a separate editing services listing, e.g. Biomatter's Services for Non-Native English Speakers.
• Lippincott Williams & Wilkins/Wolters Kluwer Health: Language Editing Services. Select any LWW journal and click on the For Authors tab; then select Language Editing Services from the drop-down box. 
• Maney Publishing: English Language Editing.
• Oxford Journals: Language Services.
• Portland Press: Language Editing Services.
• Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America: Language-Editing Services.
• PLoS Computational Biology: Guidelines for Authors (scroll down to no. 11)
• PLoS Genetics: Guidelines for Authors (scroll down to no. 10)
• PLos Pathogens: Guidelines for Authors (scroll down to no. 10)
• Royal Society Publishing: Language Polishing Services.
• SAGE Publications’ Journal Author Gateway: English-Language Editing Services.
• Social Behavior and Personality: English Editing Services.
• Taylor & Francis Author Services: Editing and translation.
• Wageningen Academic Publishers. Select the journal from the left-hand vertical sidebar; click on Author Submission; then select Language Editing Services to see the list of providers.
• Waterbird Society, The: Author Services.
• Wiley-Blackwell: Author Services. 

(Thanks to Anna Sharman, Carlotta Shearson and Colin Woodham for their contributions.)

If you know of other similar online listings and wish to share them, please contact me and I’ll add them to this resource. 

Louise Harnby is a professional proofreader and copyeditor. She curates The Proofreader's Parlour and is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors and proofreaders.

Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

This Roundup features links related to the financial side of editorial freelancing – what you can earn, what you can save, costs that need to be offset, advertising your rates, considering what and how to charge, and how to handle late payment. 

• Fees for Indexing: Guidelines for Clients (Society of Indexers)
• How to Charge: By the Project, by the Hour, or by the Word or Page? (Katharine O’Moore-Klopf)
• Late Payment Interest Calculator (UK) (late-payment-law.co.uk)
• ​Pay on Time. The Complete Guide to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (interest) Act 1998 (UK) (Pay on Time)
• Proofreading – Does it Pay? (The Parlour)
• Proofreading – Does it Pay? Part II: Hidden Savings and Earning Cultural Capital (The Parlour)
• Put it in Writing (by Cassie Armstrong) (The Parlour)
• SfEP Suggested Minimum Rates (UK) (SfEP)
• ​The Business of Editing: To Post or Not to Post Your Fee Schedule? (An American Editor)
• ​The Nitty Gritty Details Freelancers Need to Know about Getting Paid (Freelance Folder)
• Thinking about Money: What Freelancers Need to Understand (An American Editor)
• Tip of the Week: More Copyeditor Earn Rates (Non-US) (Copyediting)
• Tip of the Week: What a Copyeditor Earns (US) (Copyediting)

If you know of other money-talk articles that your editorial freelance colleagues would benefit from, particularly those relating to the country in which you live, please let us know in the Comments section.

This Roundup offers some links and tips for editors and proofreaders who don’t have their own websites but are thinking of taking the plunge. 

Louise Harnby is a professional proofreader and copyeditor. She curates The Proofreader's Parlour and is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors and proofreaders.

Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

This Roundup features resources that will be of particular interest to those editors and proofreaders who are new to onscreen work, or to experienced editorial professionals who want to expand their skills. It includes links to useful courses, articles and books.

Courses

• Efficient editing: Strategies and tactics (SfEP)
• Practical mark-up of PDFs (SfEP)
• Editing with Word (SfEP)
• Writing and Editing for the Web (Publishing Training Centre)
• Digital Editing (Publishing Training Centre)
• Editing in Word (Publishing Training Centre)

​And my colleague Adrienne Montgomerie has posted the following information in the comments, but just in case you don't read that far, I've repeated it here:

• The EFA sometimes offers the on-screen editing course Adrienne teaches. Their course catalogue changes each season, but details and links are always on her page: http://blog.catchthesun.net/training/
• The course is posted as weekly lesson files with video demos, so you do the work whenever it suits you. There are no set lesson times. File distribution and discussions happen via a close email list. It's very accessible technology.
• Courses are open to all and slanted to the Mac platform using MS Word and the free Acrobat Reader. Adrienne taught PC courses for years, so she can usually troubleshoot on that front, too.

Articles

• Formatting LaTeX for Onscreen Proofreading (Alex McLean)
• PDF Editing – Making the Most of the Stamps Tool (The Proofreader’s Parlour)
• Free Downloadable PDF Proofreading Stamps (The Proofreader’s Parlour)
• How Does Track Changes in Microsoft Word work? (Shauna Kelly)
• Edit Faster with Free Macros (Paul Beverley @ Intelligent Editing) 
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online II – The Macros (An American Editor) 
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online III – Mastering Word (An American Editor)
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online IV – Mastering Macros (An American Editor) 
• Working Effectively Online V – Stylesheets (An American Editor) 
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online VII – Macros Again (An American Editor) 
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online VIII – Macros Redux (Jack Lyon @ An American Editor)
• Let's Make a Macro! (Subversive Copy Editor)

Books

• All About PDF Stamps In Acrobat® & Paperless Workflows by Thom Parker
• Effective Onscreen Editing (Geoff Hart)
• Macros for Writers and Editors by Paul Beverley
• Macro Cookbook for Microsoft Word by Jack Lyon

Want to add anything? In particular, specific onscreen editing/proofreading courses from outside the UK would be of interest since well over half the Parlour's visitors are from elsewhere in the world. Please feel free to let us know in the Comments section (or email me and I'll add your recommendations).

​Louise Harnby is a professional proofreader and copyeditor. She curates The Proofreader's Parlour and is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors and proofreaders.

Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

This Roundup provides useful resources for authors, project managers and publishers on what to look for when choosing an editor, and where to find editors and proofreaders.
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Choosing an Editor: What You Should Look For – Advice from the Pros

• Choosing an Editor: What to Look for, What to Expect (Katharine O’Moore-Klopf on Shakirah Dawud’s Deliberate Ink website)
• Why You Should Hire a Professional Proofreader – and Whom to Pick (Louise Harnby on the Find A Proofreader website)
• What to Look for in an Editor (Author–Editor Clinic ... a particularly good site for those looking for developmental editors)
• How to Find the Right Editor (Erin Brenner on The Writing Resource)
• How to Choose an Editor (Audrey Owen on CreativeJuicesBooks.com)
• How to Choose an Editor (Lisa Tener, Book Writing Coach)
• How to Choose the Right Editor For Your Novel Or Non-Fiction Book (Publishing Academy)
• How to Choose an English Editor, Translator or Similar Service Provider (EASE)

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Finding an Editor/Proofreader: Where You Can Look

• Society for Editors and Proofreaders (UK): Directory of Editorial Services
• Publishing Training Centre (UK): Freelance Finder
• Find A Proofreader (UK): directory of proofreaders, copy-editors, copy writers, CV writers and indexers.
• Author–Editor Clinic (US): Editor Referrals
• Copyeditors' Knowledge Base (US): The Finding Work section has lots of links to directories of editorial professionals
• Bay Area Editors' Forum (US): Database of Editors
• San Diego Professional Editors Network (US): Find an Editor
• Northwest Independent Editors Guild (US): Browse Our Members
• Copyediting-L (US): Click on the Freelancers tab to search for freelance professional by subject, region, type of materials and skill
• Editorial Freelancers Association (US): Member Directory
• Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) (Australia): Doesn’t have its own freelance directory but has links to all the regional membership societies, most of which have searchable editorial services directories
• The Society of Editors (Victoria) Inc. (Australia): Freelance Register  
• Editors' Association of Canada/L'Association Canadienne des Réviseurs (Canada): Search for Editors
• Association of Freelance Editors, Proofreaders and Indexers (Ireland): Directory of Members
• Society of Writers, Editors and Translators (Japan): Member Directory
• Society of English Native-Speaking Editors (Netherlands): Finding the Right Editor
• Professional Editors' Group (South Africa): Find an Editor
• European Association of Science Editors (Transnational): EASE Register of Editorial Services
• MET: Mediterranean Editors and Translators (Transnational): Member Database 

What have I missed out? If you know of any useful articles on finding an editor, or a great searchable directory of editorial professionals, add them in the Comments section and I’ll update the article. 

Louise Harnby is a professional proofreader and copyeditor. She curates The Proofreader's Parlour and is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors and proofreaders.

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This Roundup offers links to sites offering indispensable ancillary tools for editors and proofreaders. It includes software, macros, an in-depth article by Microsoft Word MVP Shauna Kelly, and a free book with over 400 macros.

This Roundup offers links to some excellent articles about using macros in Word, and a couple of books for macro-users, one of which is a comprehensive freebie with over 400 macros written by SfEP Advanced Professional Member Paul Beverley.

Articles 

• Edit Faster with Free Macros (Intelligent Editing)
• Let's Make a Macro! (Subversive Copyeditor)
• The Business of Editing: Wildcard Macros and Money (An American Editor)
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online II – The Macros (An American Editor) 
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online IV – Mastering Macros (An American Editor)
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online VII – Macros Again (An American Editor) 
• The Professional Editor: Working Effectively Online VIII – Macros Redux (Jack Lyon @ An American Editor)
• Why Bother with Macros? A Guide for Editorial Freelancers (Paul Beverley)

Books

• Macros for Writers and Editors by Paul Beverley
• Macro Cookbook for Microsoft Word by Jack Lyon

If you know of other macros that would be of use to editors and proofreaders, please share them with us in the Comments section. When it comes to using macros, the usual caveats apply – take care with them and make a backup copy of your work before you run anything that's going to make major revisions.

This latest Roundup features links to some key international professional bodies that offer training (or guidance on training) for editors and proofreaders, as well as a recent article in which publishers give their views on the matter.

Society-based training information

• UK & Ireland: Society of Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP) and the Publishing Training Centre (PTC)
• Australia: Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd)
• Canada: Editors’ Canada (EAC) including specific information about EAC certification
• South Africa: Professional Editors’ Group
• USA: Editorial Freelancers Association (EFA)

Articles about editorial training

• Does Training Matter? What Publishers Say about Proofreading & Editing Courses
• Proofreading: How to Choose the Right Training Course
• Editorial Training and Industry Consensus? A View from the UK
• Proofreader Beware! The Challenges of Diversifying Your Client Base
• Spotlight: Insights from a Publishing Training Provider

Resources

• The Copyeditors’ Knowledge Base offers an extensive list of training resources, including college programmes, for US editorial freelancers
• Link of the Week: SfEP's Online Course Schedule and Booking
• Link of the Week: Introduction to Web Editorial Skills (SfEP course)

​Feel free to add your recommended training providers in the Comments section so that other readers can benefit from your experience.

Louise Harnby is a fiction copyeditor and proofreader who specializes in helping self-publishing writers prepare their novels for market.
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She is the author of several books on business planning and marketing for editors, and runs online courses from within the Craft Your Editorial Fingerprint series. She is also an Advanced Professional Member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders. Louise loves books, coffee and craft gin, though not always in that order.

​Visit her business website at Louise Harnby | Proofreader & Copyeditor, say hello on Twitter at @LouiseHarnby, or connect via Facebook and LinkedIn.

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