by Lori Paximadis | Sep 11, 2019 | business of editing
What happens to your projects if you’re incapacitated? Who will notify your clients, and how will they find the necessary information? We like to think that we are invincible, but there may come a time when you are seriously ill or injured — or worse — and unable to...
by Lori Paximadis | Nov 21, 2017 | business of editing, tips & tricks
Meet my client reference manual. Despite the photo, the majority of my client reference information now lives on my computer in Evernote; I keep the binder only for stylesheets and memos that originally came in hardcopy only. One of these days, in all my spare time, I...
by Lori Paximadis | Oct 24, 2017 | business of editing, editing basics, tips & tricks
My job as a self-employed editor means keeping track of dozens — sometimes hundreds — of discrete tasks for each project. And at any given time, I typically have three to five projects on my desk at the same time, sometimes up to ten in various stage of completion....
by Lori Paximadis | Oct 17, 2017 | tips & tricks
The Envelope of Destruction is a filing hack I have been using for a number of years. The premise is simple: if you have to hang on to a piece of paper for a while, but not forever, stick it in the Envelope of Destruction. It will be there if you need it, but...
by Lori Paximadis | Jan 13, 2017 | business of editing, tips & tricks
Email can be a nightmare. All those messages jammed into one inbox, all clamoring for attention and action like toddlers wanting to show you their latest trick. How do you sort out the ones that truly need attention from all the rest, the ones who jammed a marble up...