I am the owner of the Christian Editor Network, parent organization to four divisions for editorial freelancers. One of these divisions is the Christian Editor Connection, which I founded in 2007.
You’ve been freelancing as a proofreader, editor, ghostwriter, and/or writing mentor for a while now, and you’ve found that you enjoy it and are good at it. But you occasionally experience the “feast or famine” syndrome. Some months there’s more work than you can handle, and other months you wonder if you’ll have enough income to pay the bills (and your friends and family members start nagging you to “get a real job”).
Or maybe you’ve got plenty of jobs, but they’re not all ideally suited to your preferences, background, or areas of expertise. You don’t want to turn down the work, but you know your skills could be better applied to projects that are more closely matched to your unique abilities. And to be honest, some of the jobs you’ve taken on would probably be better handled by someone with different specialties.
We can help!
This “editorial matchmaking service” puts authors, publishers, and agents together with qualified professional editorial freelancers using a database approach. Editors who are interested in being listed in the database fill out a simple application describing their business, provide references from satisfied clients, and take a brief test in whatever area(s) of editing they want to offer.
Authors, publishers, and agents who visit the site fill out a request form identifying the type of editorial service they’re looking for, providing a brief description of the manuscript(s), rate range, turnaround time, etc. We match up requests with editors, then pass along the lead to qualified members of the network. Those editors are then free to contact the potential clients and deal directly with them.
You are under no obligation to work with a referred client, or even to respond to a lead. If it looks like a good fit to you, go for it. If not, you are free to pass on it at any step in the negotiating process.
This service is offered free to authors, publishers, and agents. For the editors, there is an annual membership fee of $50 and a $10 testing fee per test. There is also a 15% referral fee for the first year the editor works with any referred client.
Interested in becoming part of this network? Find out more.