It was standing room only on the second leg of our journey from Norfolk to Birmingham – not the most relaxing start to the 2019…
Those of us who choose to work as professional copyeditors and proofreaders often have a previous career history in a variety of fields, such as…
With my six-month employment as a magazine editor finally over, I was delighted to be back in the freelance fold. I felt invigorated after conference,…
I woke up on Monday morning – the final day of SfEP Conference 2018 – feeling sad. We still a full day of workshops and…
Sunday was the first day of conference proper. I woke really early and lay there feeling pretty nervous. I’d practised my lightning talk a few…
Conference day dawned very early indeed. In fact, to say ‘dawned’ implies that light was involved. Not so. My alarm went off at 4.45am and…
The thought comes to many of us at some point in our freelance lives that we really should start a blog. As editors and proofreaders,…
When you work for yourself, the internet can feel overwhelming and over-populated. Trying to stand out from the crowd can leave people like us, running…