Many is the time I’ve had to say no to a job. It was not because I didn’t want to take the client on – sometimes I’ve kicked myself because the job was right up my street. It also wasn’t due to a full calendar. It was because the timescale was so ridiculously short I…
What is a book critique or manuscript assessment? If you are an author, self-publishing or being traditionally published, you probably know that a critique or a manuscript assessment is far more than someone looking at your manuscript and telling you that a character’s eye colour has changed halfway through the book, or that you have…
You’ve trained really hard, you’ve been working in your chosen field for years and life is good. Like any freelance professional you seek out new clients and from time to time, as an editor or proofreader, may approach publishers to see if they have any vacancies in their freelance pool. All is well. Then you…