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Editing
Recognizing an Opportunity for Career Change
You could say Tracy Locken partially owes her career direction toward freelance editing to a junior high school choir—and her tween...
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Job Unicorns Are Real
How does an art curator and events assistant end up in a writing and editing career in financial services? Well, for Alison Kranz, it...
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Going From Project Director to Science Writer
Early on, Stephanie Martch knew that a combination of science and writing would make up her career path. What she didn’t know was that...
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When Mother Knows Best
Cathleen Small is enthusiastic about teaching.
That enthusiasm and ability to engage a class stems from her experience teaching freshman...
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Composing the Editing Score
Not many people would think the roles of baker, musician and editor are all connected. But for Harlow Carpenter, who identifies as...
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Using Editing Skills to Teach English to Speakers of Other Languages
North Carolina–based Elizabeth Bobst is more of a “rule-fudger than a rule-follower.”
A longtime educator—from middle- and...
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Making a New Career as an Editor
Like Marie Coreil, you might already have a long, satisfying career in one industry when you suddenly find yourself wanting to pursue...
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Addressing the Career Challenges of New Freelance Editors
"I can't get a job if I don't have experience, but I can't get experience if I don't have a job." Writer Lorna Walsh became well aware...
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Meet Editing Graduate Lorna Partington Walsh
Not only is Lorna Partington Walsh enhancing her creative writing by learning the ins and outs of editing, she’s also helping other...
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