The Editing Podcast

Find out why editorial conferences are worth attending for every editor and proofreader.

• Why even experienced editors need to learn
• How to use a conference to make a contribution to the profession
• Meeting other editors
• Having fun with colleagues and friends

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Want to line edit crime fiction and thrillers? Pick up some handy tips to help you on your way.

• What's distinctive about editing crime fiction and thrillers
• What a good line editor needs to look out for
• What new entrants to the field need to study
• Marketing ideas
• Top tips for being a successful freelance editor/proofreader
• Do fiction editors use style guides?
• Course: How to Line Edit for Suspense
• The Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Want to become a professional proofreader? Discover 6 more key pieces of information you must know before you embark on your new career.

• How it requires a lot of hard work to build and sustain a proofreading business
• Why having periods of no work isn’t something you have to accept as given
• Why grammar- and spell-checking technology hasn’t made proofreaders redundant
• How it’s a myth that all proofreading work is done in-house
• How proofreading means the different things to different client types
• Whether word of mouth is a good enough promotion strategy

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Want to become a professional proofreader? Discover 6 key pieces of information you must know before you embark on your new career.

• Getting work even if you don’t have contacts in the publishing industry
• The market for proofreading
• Why training courses are a worthy and essential investment
• Why training in itself isn't enough to get work
• Why you can still build a proofreading career without former editorial experience
• What you might earn

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Discover 5 PDF proofreading tips you can apply when working with Adobe Reader DC.

• Rotating the page view
• Using the ‘Show Cover View in Two Page View’ function
• Attaching a Word file for large amounts of corrected text
• Why you should avoid using ‘floating’ sticky notes
• How to find invisible errors you know you’ve corrected
• Free versus paid-for software: Is Adobe Reader DC good enough for PDF proofreading?
• Course: How to Mark Up PDF Page Proofs

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

We explore the term ‘OCD’ and why it has no place as a marker of attention to detail for the professional editor.

• The difference between character traits of orderliness and the lived experience of OCD
• What is OCD and how does it affect people?
• Why OCD is a noun and what that means for how we use the term
• How OCD might manifest
• How flippant and colloquial references to OCD diminish lived experience
• Intention versus perception of harm
• Editing text: querying rather than prescribing problems and solutions
• Does fiction offer more scope for use of harmful language?
• Alternative words and phrases
• Helping clients create engaging rather than distracting messages

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Should editors be interrogating the language of illness? We chat with Louise Bolotin about challenging normative narratives around cancer and terminal illness.

• Louise Bolotin's cancer diagnosis
• Why the language preferences of those with terminal illnesses aren't homogenous
• Terms in the language of illness that can hurt and harm
• Why editors have a duty to challenge normative narratives that sugarcoat dying and death
• How asking how a person wants to talk about terminal illness is better than assuming

Note: Louise Bolotin died in 2022. We're grateful for the time she gave us on this podcast.

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Want to add subediting to your editorial skillset? Louise Bolotin subbed for 17 years before her death in 2022 and knew the job inside out. In this episode, she shares her knowledge and experience. Listen to find out more about:

• What the different types of editors do in media publishing
• The differences between subediting and copyediting
• Editorial timescales for subeditors
• Who controls the content
• When things go wrong - legal responsibilities and insurance
• Subediting lingo
• A subeditor’s typical day
• Transferring from copyediting to subediting - training and CPD
• Core resources for the budding subber
• How editing has changed over the years, especially for freelancers

• McNae's Essential Law for Journalists, 25th edition
• National Council for the Training of Journalists
• Subediting: London School of Journalism course
• Practical English Usage, 4th edition (Michael Swan)

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Want to know more about editing academic book proposals? Laura Portwood-Stacer discusses what it involves and how to develop your skills.

• What is an academic book proposal?
• How and why editors can get involved
• The types of work and the kinds of editing editors carry out
• How academic book proposals differ from other types of book proposals
• Who evaluates academic book proposals and what they're looking for
• The key elements of an academic book proposal
• Which elements authors typically need most help with
• The contextual information editors need to gather from an author
• How editors can learn about this type of work: The Book Proposal Book

• Contact Laura: manuscriptworks.com and lauraportwoodstacer.com
• Read The Book Proposal Book: manuscriptworks.com/book
• Train as an academic developmental editor: courses.manuscriptworks.com
• 10% discount coupon for course: EDITINGPODCAST

Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community!

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Think proofreading or editing would be a good side hustle? Two professional editors tell you what you need to know so you don't make mistakes.

• What a side hustle is and why it's popular
• Why there's resistance to the term 'side hustle' in the professional editorial community
• Whether an editorial business can be set up overnight
• The importance of skilling up and marketing
• The competition side hustlers have to deal with
• The different levels of editing
• How to find work
• Business-critical considerations

• patreon.com/editingpodcast

• Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
• Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/