Note: This session will take place during the Editors Canada Virtual Training Day and will be available at a discounted rate as part of the Training Day package. Visit the Training Day webpage for the full schedule and package rate.
Have you ever considered starting your own editing agency? Would you like to work with an editing agency and wonder how that works? Join this introductory session with seasoned editing agency owners to learn more. Aalap, Crystal, Erin and Janet will each give a brief presentation on their agency model and then there will be time for questions.
Presenters
Erin Brenner is the author of The Chicago Guide for Freelance Editors, a step-by-step guide that helps editors launch a freelance business and grow it to a sustainable level. Erin offers coaching and webinars to help editors on their journey to a business they love. She is also the owner of Right Touch Editing, an editorial agency that specializes in working with businesses, nonprofits, think tanks, government agencies, and more. Right Touch Editing helps clients reach their publishing goals with proven writing and editing services. Find all the places Erin is online at https://linktr.ee/erinbrenner.
Crystal Watanabe is the owner and lead editor for Pikko’s House, which she started in 2014. After establishing her business, which focuses on fiction, Crystal began her move to an agency-model business less than two years later, and now runs a team of eighteen, including editors, proofreaders, and beta readers. In addition to editing, Crystal is the author of the editing webcomic SimpleMarkup, and in her spare time hosts entertainment podcasts Wires from the Deep and Rom-Com Detectives.
Aalap Trivedi (he/il) has been editing since 2015, primarily working on scholarly projects in economics, management and history, often working with ESL authors. He also edits technical reports and educational material for the skilled trades and for adult learners. Aalap is an Advanced Professional Member (APM) of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP).
Janet MacMillan (she/elle) is a non-fiction editor and has been editing since 2004. She provides professional editing services to wide variety of clients, including academics, global professional services firms, NGOs, non-profits, and businesses. Her primary fields of work are law and law-related topics (having been a lawyer in her past), international development and aid, modern history, politics, and business. She helps her clients to communicate their message in clear, plain English, ensuring that their work is accessible to their audience. Janet is an Advanced Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading and a member of the international editing collective, Editing Globally.