I always feel a little sad when the Easter break comes to an end – I generously gave myself time off working from the whole of Good Friday through to Easter Monday, [ read more ]

Not only is Sunday 8 March the UN International Women’s Day, it is also National Proofreading Day in the USA! I am going to insist on receiving an extra big dollop of [ read more ]

You can call off the search now – I’ve resurfaced. Yeah, as if you were worried … I’ve had a pleasingly full work diary over the past few months, so I feel [ read more ]

Saturday 20 September is the first day of the annual conference of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) and I’m really looking forward to mingling with my fellow freelance editors [ read more ]

I’m always thankful for yet another solid month of full booking, but whole days have gone by and I have barely left the house. I have gazed for hours out of my [ read more ]

Since going freelance, it has become harder to justify attending publishing industry conferences – networking and learning opportunities aside, the return on investment has to be pretty much guaranteed before I’ll even [ read more ]