The Well-Chosen Word: Indexing, Copyediting, and Proofreading

The Well-Chosen Word
"Choice words and measured phrase, above the reach Of ordinary men" - William Wordsworth
Erin Hartshorn	Indexer, Copyeditor, Proofreader, Writer

Freelancing Resources

Very few people are truly self-made. This is a collection of sources I have used, to varying extents, as I have developed my business. My reliance upon them continues.

Jump down the page directly to:: Indexing Sites; Indexing Books; Editing Sites; Editing and Freelance Books; Freelance Writing and Other Writing Sites; Other Freelance Sites; Other Book and Publishing Related Sites; Other Books; Job Listings

Indexing Sites American Society for Indexing http://www.asindexing.org Society of Indexers http://www.indexers.org.uk Indexing Society of Canada / Société canadienne d'indexation (ISC/SCI) http://www.indexers.ca http://www.indexers.ca/accueil.html (French version) Australian and New Zealand Society of Indexers http://www.aussi.org Indexstudents http://www.indexstudents.com/ Return to top.	Indexing Books Indexing Books Nancy Mulvany University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1994 Indexing from A to Z Hans Wellisch H.W. Wilson Company, Bronx, NY, 1991 Indexing Concepts and Methods Harold Borko and Charles Bernier Academic Press, 1978 Indexing Specialties: Medicine Pilar Wyman, ed. American Society for Indexing Information Today, 1999 Beyond Book Indexing Diane Brenner and Marilyn Rowland, eds. American Society for Indexing Information Today, 2000 Return to top.
Editing Sites Bay Area Editors' Forum http://www.editorsforum.org List of Freelancers (maintained by Copyediting-L) http://www.copyediting-l.info/freelance.html Freelance Mailing List (editors, indexers, writers, and more) http://community.lsoft.com/archives/FREELANCE.html Return to top.	Editing and Proofreading Books The Copyeditor's Handbook Amy Einsohn University of California Press, Berkeley, CA, 2000 Copyediting: A Practical Guide (2nd ed.) Karen Judd Crisp Publications, Inc., Menlo Park, CA, 1990 Mark My Words: Instruction and Practice in Proofreading (3rd ed.) Peggy Smith EEI Press, Alexandria, VA, 1997 http://www.eeicom.com/press/mmw/index.html Effective Onscreen Editing: new tools for an old profession Geoff Hart Diaskeuasis Publishing, 2008 http://www.geoff-hart.com/books/eoe/onscreen-book.htm Making Word Work for You Hilary Powers Editorial Freelancers Association, 2007 http://www.lulu.com/content/1175135 Return to top.
Freelance Writing and Other Writing Sites Inkwell Editorial blog: How to Start a Successful Freelance Writing Career http://inkwelleditorial.blogspot.com Angela Booth's Writing Hacker http://writinghacker.com Freelance Writing Jobs (group of blogs) http://www.freelancewritinggigs.com/ Holly Lisle's How to Think Sideways Course (fiction) http://howtothinksideways.com Return to top.	Other Freelance Sites Freelance Switch http://freelanceswitch.com Freelance Folders http://freelancefolder.com SmallFuel Marketing Blog http://www.smallfuel.com/blog Men With Pens http://menwithpens.ca Return to top.
Other Book and Publishing Related Sites National Federation of Abstracting & Information Services http://www.nfais.org/ Society for Technical Communication http://www.stc.org Project Gutenberg http://gutenberg.net Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov Return to top.	Other Books The Chicago Manual of Style (15th ed.) University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2003 The New Fowler's Modern English Usage (3rd ed.) R.W. Burchfield, ed. Clarendon Press, New York, 1996 Editorial Freelancing: A Practical Guide Trumbull Rogers Aletheia Publications, Bayside, New York, 1995 How to Really Make a Living as an Editorial Freelancer from Inkwell Editorial Advice from Successful Freelancers: How They Built Their Biz & How You Can Too from Inkwell Editorial The Unlimited Freelancer from FreelanceFolder.com
Job Listings Return to top.

The Well-Chosen Word
Erin Hartshorn
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