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How Freelance Editors Find Work

By Kristy S. Gilbert

This month is business month on the Utah Freelance Editors blog, so we’re tackling some of the most common questions editors have when they’re starting or expanding their businesses. Today we answer that sprawling question: How do you find work?

I polled the Utah Freelance Editors Facebook group for data points. Twenty-seven people responded to the survey, all of them UFE members. For most questions, respondents could choose more than one answer. Keep that sample size and group in mind when looking at the results. They provide a snapshot of UFE, not of all freelance editors at large. But the strategies and comments below should help editors discover some new ways of finding clients for their business, and each section ends with some key takeaways.

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6 Lessons from a Decade of Freelance Editing (Part 1)

This year marks my tenth year as a self-employed editor. It’s also the year UFE and the League of Utah Writers named me Utah’s first Editor of the Year, the year I drafted an entire book about copyediting, and the year I finally figured out how to consistently put a flash drive into a computer the right way up on the very first try. So many milestones.

So I think it’s appropriate to sit down with y’all and share some of the lessons I’ve learned in the past decade. A sort of mid-career retrospective.

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Sample Edits

by Talysa Sainz

Finding the right editor can be difficult. Even editors know the importance of an author finding the right editor for their manuscript. The best thing you can do before you choose your editor is request sample edits from a variety of potential editors.

What is a sample edit?

A sample edit is a light or full edit on a small piece of your manuscript. It gives both the author and editor an idea of what a complete edit would look like. If you plan to pay for a professional edit, you should get as many sample edits as possible. Sample edits benefit both the author and the editor. When it comes to finding an editor for your manuscript, do not hesitate to shop around a little or to ask potential editors for a sample edit so you can see an example of their work.

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