I’m a Longtime Pro Editor Offering Consultation to New Editors
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As with trying to start any new side gig, breaking into freelance editing can be daunting.
While there’s a wealth of online courses and books that share how to be a successful freelancer and editor, true confidence in your skills comes with practice over time.
If you’re new to editing, you may not feel 100% certain of your ability to meet clients’ needs or deliver quality editing services. Those feelings of insecurity or imposter syndrome are an obstacle to your success as a freelance editor.
For me, learning the ropes of editing under the mentorship of more experienced editors was crucial to the development of my skills and confidence.
So I decided to try and create the same experience for others. I want this Buy Me a Coffee community to be a place where new or aspiring editors — freelance or otherwise — can reach out to me for advice or assistance.
On Buy Me a Coffee, I’m offering two memberships:
☕ The Skim Readers. I will do a weekly Q&A, giving a long-form answer to a member’s question about any aspect of editing or freelancing. $5/month or $50/year.
☕ The Word Surgeons. In addition to getting access to the Q&A, Word Surgeon members will also get one hourlong consultation with me per month, during which you can ask me anything or even have me review your edits to a project so you can feel extra confident you’re providing quality to a client. $45/month or $450/year.
Read more details about the Word Surgeons membership.
My hope is that these memberships will ease the doubts and anxiety you may feel as you go forward.
I so look forward to welcoming you to my editing community!
My Background As an Editor
After four years of honing my editing chops at NYC magazines, I began freelancing full-time in January 2018, and I haven’t looked back!
Today I specialize in copy editing and line editing branded content, websites, blogs, fiction books, print and digital magazines, apps, daily newsletters, and more for clients who are all over the map — geographically and industry-wise.
You can learn more about my clients and history on my website or LinkedIn.
Also, after several people reached out to ask me how I became a freelance editor, I created the below video to answer that question.
Every year of freelancing has been different than the one before. And that’s something I love about it: Freelancing is a constant experiment in how I can be doing things better, faster, or smarter.
It can be nerve-racking! But it’s also fun, and I believe that it has made me a better, more competitive editor than I was while working for one company.
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