Category: Freelancing

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Of Interest: The Phases of Successful Freelance Technical Editing

Freelance technical editing can prove a rewarding career choice once you understand the subtle distinctions of the various flavors of the profession. Most substantial editorial workflows fall into seven phases, from acquisition editing to proofreading. Most freelance editors are stronger at some phases than at others.

On 7 July 2021 at 11 AM PDT (click here for your local time zone), STC Fellow Avon Murphy will present a session that will help you learn how to discover which phases best suit your temperament and skill set, and find more satisfaction in your freelancing career.

He will give some tricks of the trade that can help you make an impact in each type of editing. The result will be clients who understand what you’re doing at any point in the development of their projects, not to mention more focused and helpful editing.

To register for this event, click here.

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Writing Dentistry in Tehran

by Enid RosenstielEnid R

Editor’s note: As sanctions are lifted and Iran forms more ties with Western countries, medical and scientific editors will have opportunities to work with Iranian scholars who are trying to publish in international journals. Elsevier published guidance it had received from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on sanctions laws and publishing.

My husband is an author of a popular dental textbook now in its fifth edition and translated into ten languages, most recently Farsi. Now that he and I are both retired, we have put our efforts into a peer-reviewed journal, he as editor-in-chief and I as a freelance copy editor. I taught English to international students at The Ohio State University for many years.

When he was invited to speak in Tehran, we hesitated, but Continue reading “Writing Dentistry in Tehran”

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Indian Copyeditors Forum: Connecting Editors, Creating Opportunities

By Vivek Kumar Vivek

Nothing can beat the thrill of attending an editors’ conference, and if your first conference also happens to be an international one, it is the icing on the cake. In June 2015, I attended Editing Goes Global in Toronto, the first international conference held by the Editors’ Association of Canada.

Once I was back home from Toronto, I was trying to figure out a way Continue reading “Indian Copyeditors Forum: Connecting Editors, Creating Opportunities”

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Capitalizing on Conferences

head shot of authorBy Ruth E. Thaler-Carter

[The 2016 STC Summit, May 15–18, is only days away. If you can’t be in Anaheim, you can still participate live with the virtual track option of ten selected sessions on May 16 and 17, but preregistration is required before May 11. In this article, Ruth looks at how freelancers can market themselves at conferences—even if they can’t attend.]

Now that colleagues have learned from Geoff Hart and others how to survive a large conference, and how to network, I’d like to look at how to capitalize on attending such events, whether in person or otherwise. (Yes, you can have a conference presence without actually being there!)

Conferences are expensive, time-consuming, and potentially exhausting, so why attend? Because not only are they opportunities to learn or enhance skills, they are potential goldmines of new clients and referrals from colleagues.  Continue reading “Capitalizing on Conferences”

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Nota Bene: Are You Ready for the STC Summit and Other Conferences?

Whether you’re headed to the STC Summit, a regional STC meeting, or another conference, you’ll have a better experience if you prepare ahead, take care of yourself while at the conference, and follow up later. Here are a few picks from the Web to tell you how.

Geoff Hart has advice for surviving large conferences such as the STC Summit.

Katherine Pickett offers some advice on networking at conferences, including what to do when the conference is not directly applicable to your work.

Feel lost in the crowd? Here’s how to make an impression.

Are your hands too full? Here’s more advice on networking during a conference.

Barbara Fowler has tips on what NOT to do.