Monthly Archives: February 2014

What Do Copy Editors Do?

From shepherding a project to completion to identifying nitty-gritty mistakes in grammar, there are several types of editing that improve text — not to mention a myriad of additional operations such as rewriting, electronic coding, fact checking, indexing, obtaining permissions, etc. Copy editing is the last type of editing that a text undergoes. When aContinue Reading

Nix the Networking Noose

Lots of editors are introverts. We love reading — alone! — and we have little trouble working at home as freelancers. Of course, we must deal with our clients and with any other issues related to running a business — talking with the accountant, with the computer techie, or with the account manager at theContinue Reading

What’s Your Word?

According to the Toronto Sun, this is PwC’s personal brand week. On its website, PwC offers this tool to help job hunters understand how they’re perceived in online searches. Armed with this knowledge, job hunters can then work to correct any inconsistencies. To get the gig they want, job hunters and freelancers should be clearContinue Reading