Jaime L. Brockway

Former National Copy Chief @timeoutnewyork. Freelance #CopyEditor #LineEditor #Writer.

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

I nurtured relationships with a couple editors. Casually, we agreed to refer the other to projects/clients we couldn't/didn't want to take. It benefitted both of us, w/o hurting either of us.

Nothing has been so persuasive in convincing me to abandon the scarcity mindset.

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[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

I've been freelancing for nearly 7 years, and financially, 2024 was my most successful year yet.

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In reflecting on why that is (I hadn't consciously been doing anything different—no extra marketing or outreach, etc.), I realized that my fellow editors were largely responsible for that success.

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@Bookshop_Org "Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow" by Gabrielle Zevin…a 478-page book that I read in 4 days

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

#edibuddies, has anyone ever helped an author update their published book (this one is self-help)? What did you charge? Please DM!

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

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Want to learn how to copyedit website copy?

If you're an editor ready to add a new revenue stream to your business, join me for "Introduction to Copyediting Web Copy"!

**December 12 at 4 p.m. ET**

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[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

@ChatGPTapp understands my question better, and while it doesn't always direct me to the right chapter/section in @ChicagoManual, its response usually has the terminology I need to find the right page in Chicago.

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[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

One way I've used @ChatGPTapp lately: to find the answers I need in @ChicagoManual that I can't find by using Chicago's online search tool.

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This morning I spent an hour plotting my agenda for the rest of 2024. I am FULLY booked 😅 And have been since August. I've been freelancing for almost 7 years, but that is a new phenomenon for me.

Now accepting projects for January 2025 and onward 🙌

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

I love this post from @MerriamWebster and refer to it often!

"We Know You're Concerned about 'Important' and 'Importantly'" https://t.co/a6VTQ1mPtb

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

When you created an editorial style guide for a client that, months later—after your brain had forgotten the client's preferences—answered every style Q you had a second project for that client.

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

A common side effect of copyediting is a shorter word count.

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

@MerriamWebster After the Me…ans, let's get to the Jaimes, Jamies, Jaimies, and Jameys.

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

@ACESEditors Hi, @ACESEditors! I have a session proposal to submit, but seems like the experience would be more fun in partnership with another editor. Any recs for ACES members who edit *website copy*? I tried searching Editors for Hire, but it's a slow process.

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

There's nothing scarier than when sound comes out of my computer (thanks to a webpage's popup video) when I'm not expecting sound to come out of my computer.

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

@EllenRhymes @sam_nightengale @DylanoA4 Adding it to the list!

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

Is there anything more satisfying than finding the right way to word something after hours of toiling away?

I just cracked the introduction on a long blog post I'm writing.

[Jaime L. Brockway @PristineEditing]

#edibuddies: Years ago I saw a video—perhaps taken at an EFA conference?—that asked various editors whether they used "that" as a conjunction or cut it wherever possible. I can't for the life of me find the video. Maybe one of you has the link?

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@CastleWallsEdit Lol. I'm also very affected by mentions of coffee and hot cider and any kind of cake.