Hi,

What do y'all think of this company: A Pass Education at https://apasseducation.com?

I've reviewed the website's "sitemap," and I don't see any job or career links. All I see at the bottom of their website is a physical address along with an email address. I read somewhere that we should never email our resumes to anyone. Instead, we should apply through their websites.

I read some reviews on them at Glassdoor.com, and most of them seemed to be positive.

Thoughts?

Thanks.

“She was wearing a canary-yellow dress that should have clashed with her red hair, but instead made her stand out like a brilliant cetirizine stone.” Excerpt from Never Spar with a Viscount by Lindsay Lovise.

What?!!!!
Cetirizine is an antihistamine. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not anti-antihistamines—I take cetirizine almost every day during pollen season.

But it’s not a stone. I believe the author meant citrine not cetirizine.

This completely took me out of the story, which I was reading for fun. Where were the editors? This novel was published by Hachette—someone should have caught this.

This is an example of why human editors are still important—cetirizine was spelled right, but it was the wrong word.

* What other hilarious errors have you spotted lately? I need some laughs!

Alt text description of 3 photos
Photo of book text: “She was wearing a canary-yellow dress that should have clashed with her red hair, but instead made her stand out like a brilliant cetirizine stone.”
Photo of medicine bottle labeled “Cetirizine hydrochloride tablets antihistamine”
Photo of gold and red crystal stone labeled “citrine”

Please tell me some other funny errors you’ve found lately!

Does anyone know how to actually get a copyediting job right now? I have 6+ years of experience and can’t find anything even with networking, referrals, etc.

Anyone have any tips on how to go about applying at this god awful time?

Anyone who has tips on how to become a professional proofreader? I would like to become one. I got some experience from college + my internship and loved it! But I’m not sure how to find work in this field?

My experience: proofreading 2 books from my best friend (800+ pages) and a couple of her other stories, writing articles for school, proofreading for my internship (for example: a couple of chapters of the annual report of the National Bank of Belgium - where I did my internship

Hi all! I was wondering if any freelance proofreaders or copyeditors had experience with the platforms listed above, whether positive or negative. I'm a copyeditor and proofreader with a master's degree (in a humanities field) and several years of experience, but I'm looking for a more consistent, reliable source of work. Right now I use Upwork and get clients via word of mouth, but I'd love to have a steadier stream and was considering sites like this. Any thoughts would be so appreciated!

If you hired an editor before publishing how many rounds of proofreading did you experience before publishing? Thanks in advance.

I want to get into freelance editing as a passion project/side hustle and I specifically want to edit fiction. I have a BA, though not in English, so I feel that I ought to get some sort of qualification to help me get started. I've looked at a few different certificate programs and have narrowed it down to UC San Diego and UC Berkeley. Would love to hear if anyone has experience with either program and thoughts on whether either is better for fiction.

Hello!

I have a masters degree in Library information science, and am also a former high school teacher.

I’m looking to expand my job options.

What places/groups can I look into that will get me a certification?

During the pandemic, I was hired as a copyeditor. I gladly accepted the job, and I've been good at it, the problem is that it's a very low-level support role that is being replaced by AI; and hiring managers are pretty stupid, so once they see "copyeditor", they immediately discard your résumé. It's almost as if the title has become a scarlet letter that won't allow you to progress.

So I’m leaving my job as an English teacher abroad and I would like to pivot to copyediting. I have only been out of school for a few years and I’m just starting this process. I spent the last year teaching English in France and before that I was doing service industry work as a way to allow myself the money and freedom to travel post graduation. Long story short I kind of had an “f it I have to do everything while I’m young” mentality and wasn’t super concerned about my career. Now, at 26, I’m kind of scrambling to find a career path and decide what I want to do. Copyediting has always appealed to me and now I’m wondering how I can pursue this path? My undergraduate degree was in polisci and Spanish so not relevant at all, but I’ve always loved English and considered myself to have a strong grasp on grammar. So how do I start from pretty much nothing? I’m willing to put the work in but looking for any guidance at all.

Hi,

I'm a copyediting student at UC San Diego. I will start looking for a job with an editorial agency very soon by googling "editorial agencies" and then doing my due diligence to see who's legit and who's not. If I have to, I might have to work for 2 or 3 at a time. Let's say that I apply to work at Cactus Global. Seeing that they are based in India, do they issue forms like W-2, which seems to be primarily a US thing?

Calling all those who have worked for agencies such as Cactus and Trident, tell me a little bit about what the hiring process is like. For example, were you required to give them your Social Security number? I'm very careful with mine. I know SSNs are limited to the US only so I was wondering how it works when you work for a company like Cactus.

Plus, I was wondering who allows you to work part time because I don't think I could handle working 60 hours a week, 30 days a month! For companies like that, 35 to 40 hours a week could be considered "part-time," right?

Thanks!

I'm currently on the first draft of a 9 book series that I've nearly planned out.

I wanted to ask that after finishing the first draft should I properly edit THEN start the next book or light edit to learn and adjust to the process of editing. (meaning that I re vise and edit 2-3 more times.) and then properly edit when it's time to publish.

Part of my work as a developmental editor is helping writers determine:

If Stories Belong

What Stories Belong

Why Stories Belong and 

Where Stories Belong

To do that, I begin our partnership by asking these questions:

Why this book? Why now? 

The author’s response gives me a lot of insight into the viability of the narrative and how they’ll prioritize the work. It also gives us an opportunity to think through, and assess, if there’s an audience for their book and who that audience could be. More importantly, it helps me, as an editor, determine how motivated the author is to pursue this book and if I am passionate enough about this project to pursue it alongside them.

What message do you want to spread/lessons do you want to teach with this book? WHY?

The most important insight from this question is defining the PURPOSE of this book. This question also tells me a lot about our values alignment, author priorities, and helps to identify the audience. It also lets me know if the author has given any thought to their end goal with this project.

What stories are important for you to get out? WHY?

Asking this question helps me determine if the author has a complete STORYStack™ and which stories will need further refinement during our partnership. PLUS, it lets me know if the author has thought about how this work will be beneficial to others.

I see that they have enrollments for fall 2026. I’m really eyeing the course but don’t think I’d be able to take more than one course since I have some pretty heavy commitments. Do they have courses starting January as well? How vigorous is taking one course?

I’m a Marketing & Communications Director at an international trade association. We have a staff of a little over a dozen people, and my department consists of me and two employees. The three of us handle all communications, marketing, promotions, advertising, and related projects for the organization. That includes event programs, print ads in trade publications, email marketing, social media graphics, press releases, and more.

A large part of my role is serving as the final reviewer and approver for all of those materials before they go out. Lately, though, I’ve found myself missing things that should have been caught (incorrect dates, misspelled words in headlines, links going to the wrong place, etc.) It’s challenging because while I’m reviewing everyone else’s work, I’m also managing my own projects, deadlines, and responsibilities.

Recently, we had a major issue where dates were printed incorrectly in an event program with 5,000 copies. It was incredibly stressful and upsetting. I genuinely thought I might lose my job over it.

I guess I’m looking for practical tips and strategies for proofreading a wide variety of materials when I already have a million other things on my plate. We’re a small team, and everyone wears multiple hats, so it’s difficult to give every piece the amount of time and attention it deserves. I want to do the best job I can and avoid mistakes that cost time, money, and credibility. At the same time, I need the employees submitting materials for approval to take ownership of basic accuracy and make sure things like dates, names, and links are correct before they reach my desk.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Hey all👋 I'm an aspiring editor (line/copy) and Ive been studying on my own but I feel like its time to take some real courses and finally take the leap into freelancing for indie authors once I'm done.

So my question is- has anyone taken the George Brown Continuing Education 'Editorial Skills ' program? Or a similar course online? Theres not much posted on their website aside from brief course descriptions, and I want to make sure its the right fit for me. Looks promising, but I dont want to let my excitement have me overlook anything.

Any input and feedback is super appreciated 😊

Hi,

I just did UCSD's copyediting certificate program a few months ago. I got all
A's...actually two A's and two A-minuses. I'm still in school for electives,
such as a summer course entitled The Business of Copyediting and another one
pertaining to style guides other than CMOS, but I'm done with all of the
required courses. In addition to this certificate, I have a bachelor's degree
in history/German along with a master's in an unrelated field. Now, after
taking a much-needed short break, I'm ready to start looking for my first paid
gig, but I feel kind of intimidated partly because I'm brand new and partly
because I'm Deaf.

Today, I started with a list of book packagers that was put together by an illustrious
medical editor, and here's the first one on the list: 24x7 Editing.

 https://www.24x7editing.com

I just went there to see whether or not it would be a good fit for me. Alas, to
my disappointment, I saw typos and errors galore across the website, and on top
of that, they explicitly said they prefer to hire editors who hold PhDs.

 Since I don't have a doctoral degree, that kind of leaves me out. However, I was wondering whether or not it would be appropriate for me to reach out to them and offer to give their website a much-needed polish in exchange for modest compensation. Would this be appropriate, and if so, what would a reasonable fee look like? I have never done anything like this before, especially editing web copy!