Tuesday, September 4, 2012

What are some good places to look for freelance editing work

What are some good places to look for freelance editing work?
My day job is that of an editor/page designer. I found out there's quite a market for freelance editors out there and I'm interested in doing this part time. I'm just not sure where to start. Is there anyone out there that can point me in the right direction? Primarily interested in editing books and short stories, but I can do magazine articles and such as well.
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Editing, or proofreading? Editing fiction has a very different meaning, often involving rearranging/supplementing/minimizing/deleting major plot elements, changing the method and timing of character development, and so on. Unless you've done it before, the task may be beyond you. (It's certainly beyond me.) But plenty of self-published writers and beginners making their first submissions to legitimate presses and periodicals desperately need the proofreading kind of editing. Advertise, speak at amateur writing groups, leave fliers at the library and on college campuses, get yourself on Craigslist and other local-connection websites, and you may develop sporadic work.
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Try looking at, http://www.freelancingfeed.com/category/graphic-design Browse other categories as well. You can easily find hundreds of jobs everyday here.
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For freelance editing (writing) jobs check http://hotfreelancejobs.com/job-categories/writing

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