Erin Brenner – författare

The definitive guide to starting and running a freelance editing business.You’ve been thinking about shifting into the world of freelance editing, but you don’t know where to start. In a time when editors are seeking greater flexibility in their work arrangements and schedules, freelancing is an increasingly common career option. But deciding to go it alone means balancing the risks with the rewards. From the publisher of The Chicago Manual of Style comes The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors, the definitive guide to running your business and finding greater control and freedom in your work life.In this book, Erin Brenner—an industry leader and expert on the business of editorial freelancing—gathers everything you need to know into a single resource. Brenner has run her own successful editing business for over two decades and has helped hundreds of editors launch or improve their businesses through her teaching, blog writing, and coaching.The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors will walk you through the entire process of conceiving, launching, and working in a freelance editing business, from deciding on services and rates to choosing the best business structure to thinking through branding and marketing strategies and beyond. This book is ideal for beginning freelancers looking to get set up and land their first clients, but it’s equally valuable to those who have already been freelancing, with detailed coverage of such issues as handling difficult clients and continuing professional development. You’ll find a collection of advice from other successful freelance editors in this guide, as well as an extensive list of resources and tools. In the final and perhaps most important chapter, Brenner teaches you how to care for the key component of the business: yourself.

The definitive guide to starting and running a freelance editing business.You’ve been thinking about shifting into the world of freelance editing, but you don’t know where to start. In a time when editors are seeking greater flexibility in their work arrangements and schedules, freelancing is an increasingly common career option. But deciding to go it alone means balancing the risks with the rewards. From the publisher of The Chicago Manual of Style comes The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors, the definitive guide to running your business and finding greater control and freedom in your work life.In this book, Erin Brenner—an industry leader and expert on the business of editorial freelancing—gathers everything you need to know into a single resource. Brenner has run her own successful editing business for over two decades and has helped hundreds of editors launch or improve their businesses through her teaching, blog writing, and coaching.The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors will walk you through the entire process of conceiving, launching, and working in a freelance editing business, from deciding on services and rates to choosing the best business structure to thinking through branding and marketing strategies and beyond. This book is ideal for beginning freelancers looking to get set up and land their first clients, but it’s equally valuable to those who have already been freelancing, with detailed coverage of such issues as handling difficult clients and continuing professional development. You’ll find a collection of advice from other successful freelance editors in this guide, as well as an extensive list of resources and tools. In the final and perhaps most important chapter, Brenner teaches you how to care for the key component of the business: yourself.

Find yourself making faux pas with frequent malapropisms? Are you using the same banal terms, day in and day out? Have friends pointed out your overuse of platitudes or your plebeian vocabulary? Improve it and pick up a few neologisms along the way with 1,001 Words for Success, a myriad list of frequently looked-up words in BarCharts’ handy three-panel format! 1,001 terms and their most common definitions, along with their part of speech, will enhance your writing, speaking, correspondence, reading comprehension, and presentations, whatever your bailiwick might be!

This best-of, quick reference thesaurus will ensure you find the perfect word faster than an internet search or 300 page book. In 6 digital pages, the words handpicked by our wordsmith Erin Brenner (speaker, writer, and contributor to thesaurus and vocabulary-related websites) are selections based on twenty plus years of word-choice through her editorial expertise. These powerful words can raise everything from test scores to social status. Essays and speeches with a broad yet expertly honed vocabulary have elevated people to the highest forms of leadership. Those leaders say the use of the right word at the right instant is crucial. In school, with the right vocabulary in your toolbox, the better grades you will build. In business, communication skills can make or break a career. Have the best selection handy for reference while writing, memorizing or preparing a speech. 6 page digital guide includes: Well over 1001 words with definitionsPart of speech signified per wordWords include best synonym & antonym per wordSelect homophones included