What does it really take to become an editor? In this short-and-sweet episode of The Modern Editor Podcast, I’m sharing how I got into the editing biz fourteen years ago. Spoiler alert: It wasn’t for the best reason 😅

This episode is for new and hopeful editors who want to learn from my experience and build a successful editing business. However, I think there are some good reminders for veterans, too. Listen in as I share the good, the bad, and the vulnerable!

• (1:05) I Could Find Typos Everywhere
• (2:09) Did You Know There Are Different Types of Editors? I Didn’t!
• (4:34) The Freelance Editors Club Membership Price is Going Down
• (5:21) Four Steps to Getting Started as a Professional Editor
• (10:54) Fourteen Years in and I’m Still Learning

• The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors by Erin Brenner
• Editorial Freelancers Association
• ACES: The Society for Editing
• Editors Canada
• Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading
• Northwest Editors Guild
• San Diego Professional Editors Network
• Freelance Editors Club
• The Chicago Manual of Style
• AP Stylebook
• Developmental Editing by Scott Norton
• Editing Fiction at Sentence Level by Louise Harnby (line editing)
• The Copyeditor’s Handbook and Workbook by Amy Einsohn and Marilyn Schwartz
• The Chicago Guide to Copyediting Fiction by Amy J. Schneider

• Grab the Editing Contract Template
• Join the Freelance Editors Club