I see that back at the beginning of December I was blogging about how I had set a date to make a business plan. Well, that didn’t happen, and I still have no plan, not even a 1-page one. So, I’ve bitten the bullet and got myself a business coach. We have our first appointment tomorrow, and I’m hoping that she …
Yet another tool, and an XO laptop
This week I bought yet another electronic editing program. This one is called PerfectIt, and it’s designed to find errors and inconsistencies in MS Word. So far I’ve only used it to check a scientific paper that I’d already edited. It picked up a few errors (inconsistent use of hyphens and capitals). Now I plan to trial it on an unedited document, …
More new tools!
This week a friend introduced me to Dropbox – a system for storing, syncing and sharing files online. I love it ! My usual system for making a quick back up is to email a file to myself, but Dropbox seems a much more professional solution. It’s also a good way to share files with clients. I’d previously looked at some of the free online …
Copyediting tools abound
I mentioned recently that I had found lots of editing tools through my membership of the Copyeditors and proofreaders section of LinkedIn. In the past week I have bought two of these tools – the Editors Toolkit Plus and Edit Tools – and now I’m trying to work out how to use them. I’ve started using Edit Tools for stylesheets – for example, …
Taking stock
Now that I’ve been running the business for four months, I feel that I’m really getting into the swing of it. I’ve got my admin organised (updating the blog is Tuesday’s task, so I’m already behind for this week …); I have six clients, spanning threee continents; and I’ve established my backup team, which spans two continents. One thing I haven’t done yet is …