The Freelance Editor's Handbook

"This handbook walks the reader through the entire process of establishing a freelance editing business. Suzy Bills provides lucid practical advice at every step, including such anxiety-producing tasks as setting fees, filing taxes, and marketing oneself to clients. She also tackles big-picture concerns too often neglected, like achieving work/life balance and planning for retirement. While editors in particular will benefit from her expertise, freelancers of all stripes would do well to read this book before launching their own enterprises."--Scott Norton, author of Developmental Editing: A Handbook for Freelancers, Authors, and Publishers "This is a comprehensive, detailed, experience-based resource for anyone aiming to start a freelance editing business, with a wealth of practical information covering everything from making the decision to go freelance to training, business matters, marketing, resources, and more."--Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, coauthor with Richard Adin and Jack Lyon, The Business of Editing: Effective and Efficient Ways to Think, Work, and Prosper