Is Freelance Editing For You?

If you’re thinking of getting into freelance editing, you’re already straddling the first hurdle (you’ll need a bit more of a push to clear it completely).

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This week’s Word of the Week is ballyhoo (n.): extravagant publicity or fuss; also (v.): to praise or publicise extravagantly.

What makes a freelancer tick?

This week, I’m proud to be featured on a colleague’s website as part of a series of interviews: Saturday Business Chat with Liz at LibroEditing.

Spotlight on Punctuation

This week’s spotlight on punctuation takes a closer look at the exclamation mark (or point). It’s rather an exciting punctuation mark, as punctuation marks go. It immediately demands attention. It insists you sit up and take notice! (See what I did there?)

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This week’s WOW is pandiculate (v.): to stretch or yawn.

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This week’s WOW is floccinaucinihilipilification (n.): the action or habit of estimating something as worthless.

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This week’s WOW is discombobulate (v.): to disconcert or confuse.

Spotlight on Punctuation

This week’s spotlight on punctuation takes a closer look at the comma (,). Don’t let its diminutive appearance fool you – it’s a contentious little punctuation mark that can make the difference between a well constructed sentence and one that limps along like a wounded animal.

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This week’s WOW is diminutive (adj.): small; little; tiny.

Top 4 Tips for Writers

This week, here are my top four tips for writers when it comes to working with an editor.