I just read one of the most intriguing essays I have read in years and it raises a question I hadn’t thought about in my 32 years of professional editing as owner of my own business. And now I recommend it to you:
Why I Hate the Term “Freelance Proofreader”
– A Letter to Newbies
by Louise Harnby
As editors, we know that words matter. Yet how many of us have considered the import of calling ourselves freelancers instead of proprietors or business owners or something similar?
What would you call yourself if not a freelance editor? How would you market yourself absent the word freelance?
Richard Adin, An American Editor
An American Editor 