It’s the season one finale of Editor Life! Today we answer listener questions and discuss our podcasting journey thus far. Thank you all for joining us for our debut season. We will be back for season two!

Topics discussed in this episode:​ ​

-Question #1: What are your best tips for someone just starting out and trying to build a client base? [13:24]

-Question #2: How do you calculate rates to charge clients? [32:33]

-Question #3: How do you do client phone calls with a child in the background? [01:04:25]

-Question #4: What is your advice on marketing? Where should I spend the most time on the internet? [01:10:36]

-Question #5: When sending an editing proposal to a client, do you recommend not referencing the different phases of editing and what they entail? [01:16:27]

-Question #6: Do you prefer to do edits on paper or electronically? And do you read the whole novel before starting edits, or do you just get started on line one? [01:25:10]

-Question #7: Why would an author add an expense on top of the expense made by the publisher to outsource the editing of a manuscript? [01:44:25]   Resources mentioned in this episode: ​

-Frey, their organic cabernet sauvignon [02:16]

-Querying support at A. H. Joy Editing; 20% off submission-ready services [03:56]

-Purity Coffee (get 10% off your order by using the code EDITORLIFE [07:12]

-The Freewrite; use THIS LINK for a referral discount [07:39]

-SpeakPipe widget for taking online voicemails [11:14]

-Thank you to our producers at Truth Work Media for all their hard work this season [11:21]

-The Editor Life Collective, hosted by DeVore Editorial (We are currently migrating this group to a new platform; please email jaclyn@devoreeditorial.com with your interest in joining, and we will make that application available to you.) [15:28]

-Jaclyn’s IGTV on Setting Your Rates [32:44]

-Toggl time tracking [35:03]

-Getting to Yes by Roger Fisher and William Ury, and Women Don’t Ask by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever [51:06]

-Manuscriptwishlist.com [01:13:13]

-DeVore Editorial’s Ideal Client Workbook [01:13:41]

-Chicago Manual of Style, 17th ed., sections 2.48–2.50 [01:17:08]

-Lulu printing services [01:29:00]

Calls-to-action:​

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