Today on Clergy Appreciation Day, I would like to express my appreciation for three special clergymen who have blessed my life at All Saints Anglican Church. Fr. Jerry Sherbourne came to All Saints when he was still in seminary. He was ordained – first as a deacon, then as a priest – at All Saints and … Read more
In my last post, I linked back to an article on the cost of self-publishing. At the time, I noticed all the amounts showed as zero and made a note to go back and correct the post. However, the post was written correctly, but every number that had a dollar sign before it appeared as … Read more
We’ve talked about freelance writing and editing rates several times before (see Related Posts below). I found (rather found again – as I used to have the page bookmarked but lost it somewhere along the line) a simple, but excellent, chart of average rates. The Editorial Freelancers Association, “the professional resource for editorial specialists and … Read more
I intend to stay on-topic for my blog and relate my post to writing and publishing. Will you participate? [tags]Blog Action Day[/tags]
If you’ve made a comment here recently, you’ve probably noticed a couple of new plugins. Live Comment Preview does exactly what the name implies – it gives a live preview as you type your comment. Most of us find it much easier to spot a mistake when a comment goes live than when we’re typing … Read more
Misti Sandefur at Life of a Writer tagged me to share eight random things about myself. Since I participate in memes only when they fit my purposes for my blog, I told Misti I would respond to the tag but relate the eight things to writing. Then David Bowles at Writing the Westward Sagas tagged … Read more
Recently, I wrote about setting boundaries in freelance writing. Dealing with difficult clients is certainly an issue, but at the other end of the spectrum, what about customer service? If you’ve ever been stuck in some company’s automated phone system (and who hasn’t?), you know many companies don’t put a priority on customer service. As … Read more
Working with a Professional Editor: Part 1 – Finding the Right Editor In this post, the second in response to a question about how writers work with freelance editors, I’ll describe how I work with clients. Other editors may work differently, but you should have a general idea of how your editor works based on … Read more
How much do you charge to help with editing of a manuscript? How does this work? I’ve never used the service of a professional editor before so maybe you could guide me on the inner workings of such a relationship. Stephen Hopson asked this question in a comment on my post Inspiration: Two Heroes to … Read more