Author: the-freelance-editor

And, a few months . . .

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Categories In Small Business, the-freelance-editor Network, Websites

. . . later, here we are! For the most part, I’ve been busy transferring my old website (anEditorsBlog.com) to this new spot at the-freelance-editor.com—updating and revising text, checking and correcting information, and adding a wee bit o’ spit-n-polish. Please let me know what you think of the changes when you have time.

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Here’s to the year 2020!

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Categories In Odds&Ends, the-freelance-editor Network

Two major events (well, more than that, but two that are primary in pushing me back into business) happened in my life over the past several months:

My baby sister and her husband started an alpaca ranch—no, I don’t think that decision was based on a midlife crisis—and they asked me to help create a

Where have I been this time?

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Categories In the-freelance-editor Network

I explain—or maybe excuse—my recent absence with this explanation:

Over the past two years, four events have caused a distraction in my life: the death of my father, relocating from Orlando back to Raleigh, returning to more-than-full-time work at the state Museum of History, and disappointing a major client. Along the way, I’m afraid … continue reading

How can I help with a personal history?

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Categories In Personal Histories, Self Publishing, Small Business, Teaching History, Writing

My father and I have different talents when it comes to researching and recording family history: he does genealogy; I do personal history and family history. In other words, in my mind, at least, he does the bones (or the branches and limbs of the family tree, to say it as he might prefer) and … continue reading