PODCAST What editors need to know about contracts
Independent editors and proofreaders sign contracts with multiple clients. But how many of us feel like they can be legal mysteries? Then you must listen to this podcast! I opened …
Tag: work updates
The Clarity Editor annual report 2025
2025 was a quiet year for me. I wish you all a healthy, peaceful, and fulfilling 2026!
Can ChatGPT help copyedit a translation?
Can AI chatbots take over scholarly translation? I used ChatGPT to help me copyedit text that it had translated. Conclusion: it’s probably more efficient to hire a professional human translator …
The Clarity Editor annual report 2024
2024 was a good, solid year focusing on simplicity. I wish you all a healthy, peaceful, and fulfilling 2025!
The Clarity Editor annual report 2023
A roundup of a solid year with over 500 hours of editing. I’m thankful for what I can contribute to this world. May you all have a healthy, safe, and …
PODCAST: A Quick Dip into plain language
In a brief 15 minutes, Sarah Black and I dip into plain language and its role in supporting accessible communication across cultures, in a new podcast A Quick Dip.
Practicing what I preach: Improving my writing
I offer a lot of writing advice, but all that is also part of my learning. Here are ways I think my writing has improved over the last five years. …
The Clarity Editor annual report 2022
A roundup of a wonderfully unspectacular year with 728 hours of editing. I am fantasizing about a split mechanical keyboard for me and a healthy and fulfilling 2023 for you …
Latest work (2022 January-April)
The first four months of 2022 passed in a blur for me but here are some highlights. Editing I’m doing the usual copyediting for my regular clients (UNITAR and VoxEU.org) …
PODCAST: How to write effectively & inclusively, on Tandem Nomads
Yikes, I was interviewed on the Tandem Nomads (relaunched as The Time Is Now) podcast! We talked about how to write effective and inclusive content.