Attention Authors!
I have openings for all levels of editing in July and August! 
https://www.hottreeediting.com
Secure your spot today by reaching out to Donna via email!
"Springer Nature book on machine learning is full of made-up citations."
https://retractionwatch.com/2025/06/30/springer-nature-book-on-machine-learning-is-full-of-made-up-citations/
PS: Will this kind of slipshod practice decline on its own? Or does it require public shaming? I don't know. But I'm grateful to @retractionwatch for turning on its spotlight.
Looking for a human translator to convey your human words to a human audience? Maybe that's me!
I translate from Swedish, French, Norwegian and Danish into English (mainly UK but US possible depending on the text - I also work with a USian translator as a team where required). I'm a full Member of the Institute of Translation and Interpreting for both Swedish and French.
I'm also an Intermediate Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading – in other words, I offer proofreading/editing/copyediting services too.
Oh, and copywriting!
I work on everything from press releases through sustainability reports to novels. Particularly fond of archaeology/history (got to get use from my MA somehow) and personal development, but really I'm interested in almost everything and translation allows me to be a nerd about all kinds of things.
The subjects I *don't* do are legal, financial and medical.
#comissionsopen
#getfedihired
#translation
#copywriting
#proofreading
#editing
#archaeology
#PersonalDevelopment
I feel like this needs a pic, so here are two of my three cats looking comfy (if a bit warm).
Here's a strange one:
After a friendly exchange with a former client (I'm a freelance copy-editor and proofreader), I visited their website and found that they now also copy-edit and proofread and are *using my writing, from my website, as their own, on their website*.
Entire sentences and paragraphs are identical. It's been like this for years. And this from someone I helped earn a doctorate.
What to do?
Plain weaves and twill weaves are accepted, though.
Proofreading: It matters!
Proofreading: It matters!
My #current list: 
#editing
* Assessing submissions to Tangled Tree Publishing & Hot Tree Publishing
#proofreading
* "The Forever Play" by Katy Archer
#reading
* "When I'm Dead" by Hannah Morrissey
* "Different Seasons" by Stephen King
#listening
* "Mr. Mercedes" by Stephen King
Punctuation: It matters!
Those quotation marks really don't "help."
Still looking for proof readers for my Fediverse Book I'm writing.
#ProofReaders #ProofReading #Fediverse #FediverseBook
Sometimes your draft just needs a little word tornado. (And maybe a Stetson hat.)
#writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour #proofreading #editing #bookstodon
Cartoon by @grantdraws
My #current list:
#editing
* Manuscript by J.S. Kennedy
* Assessing submissions to Tangled Tree Publishing & Hot Tree Publishing
#proofreading
* Manuscript by Kennedy Mitchell
#reading
* "Invincible: Compendium One" by Robert Kirkman
* "A Long Time Gone" by Joshua Moehling
#listening
* "Ready Player Two" by Ernest Cline
When you printed a glorious knight late at night in 1489, and woke up to notice that you forgot the lance ...
Proofreading: It matters!
I wrote a last-minute blog on “Fast and Easy Winter Break #Networking” for this holiday season.
Useful for #editing, #proofreading, #freelancing, and #smallbiz peeps out there … and everyone else too. Enjoy! @edibuddies
https://pamelabarroway.com/2024/12/23/fast-and-easy-winter-break-networking/
Yesterday I published a new biz blog post with a theme a lot of people can relate to right now. Enjoy!
“Do Something New to Get Your #Freelance #Editing Biz (and Life) Moving Forward”
#Proofreading #Writing #Freelancing #Goals #GoalSetting @edibuddies
Did you know that you can actually hire me to make your story better?
You can pick between proofreading or line-editing for one of the few spots open for the rest of the year. (The first developmental spot opens up next year, though.)
Don't worry, my help is affordable.
You'll find all the details at my website:
https://www.hannah-steenbock.de/editing-and-proofreading-services/
If you're interested, hit me with a DM or send me an email through the site.
@arstechnica
Interesting story + all, but
"To date NASA and other space agencies"
threw me for a loop/ out of orbit for a nanosecond there
I now have my first #BetaReading contract, courtesy of @werpiper. I'll be working on reviewing her novel this week!
Other writers who follow me here, if you need a proofreader or beta reader, please consider me available once I finish my current engagement!
Followup on my earlier postings about now being available for freelance work:
I've now put up my very own Ko-fi page, where I have detailed the types of commissions I'm available for and their target rates. Ko-fi is set up to pay me through PayPal, so this is an easy front end you can use if you'd like to commission me for something.
This page is also a means through which anyone who's enjoyed my Anna Plays Skyrim posts can drop me a donation, if you're so inclined!
Check it out at:
https://ko-fi.com/annathepiper
#AnnaPlaysSkyrim #freelance
#commissions #proofreading #BetaReading #EbookCreation #Kofi
Okay, so it's now been over a _year_ since my last contract ended, and this is now officially my longest stint of unemployment ever in my life.
@moira and I are still getting by on our extremely tight budget, but it sure would be nice to have a bit more pocket change.
So Mastodon, if anybody out there would like to hire me for any of the following for freelance work, I'd love to hear from you:
- Proofreading or beta reading for any authors
- One-shot test pass of your website
- Consulting with you about how to set up a Wordpress website, or helping you with questions about the one you have
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