Online Writing: A Brave New World
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Throughout my career, I’ve had three freelancing phases interspersed between staff positions. The first time, I edited with a red pencil on hard copy, jotted queries on sticky (Post-it) notes attached to the margins, typed out my style sheets and invoices on a typewriter, and mailed them along with the manuscript via the U.S. Postal Service or delivery truck.
Fifteen years later, I finally bought a computer (after using computers at on-site jobs through most of the intervening period), edited in Microsoft Word using tracked changes and commenting functions, compiled style sheets and created invoices in Word, and returned assignments along with them via email.
