| Stay at home moms can find a variety of work at | | | | nonfiction books, and text books. There are also a |
| home opportunities by doing a simple search of the | | | | large number of copy-editing jobs available for Internet |
| Internet. The challenge comes in trying to find legitimate | | | | publications, such as eBooks, blogs, and other websites. |
| jobs, since stay at home moms are the target of | | | | There is also a growing demand for SEO copy-editors |
| more work at home scams than any other population. | | | | whose job it is to read through the content of their |
| If you are looking for options to earn extra money, or | | | | clients websites, editing them for the purpose of |
| even for a full time work at home career, you are | | | | optimizing key word density and making them user and |
| better off sticking to tried and true work at home | | | | search engine friendly. |
| careers, and copy-editing is one such opportunity you | | | | Finding work can be a bit trickier, however these days |
| might wish to consider. | | | | that job is becoming a somewhat easier. There are a |
| A copy-editor reads and checks an author's work for | | | | number of freelance sites that have listings for copy |
| spelling, punctuation and grammar errors. They also | | | | editors which can range from small jobs editing blog |
| fact check nonfiction books or articles for accuracy, | | | | entries or articles, to editing entire books. A beginning |
| and insure that the writing style and flow stays | | | | copy-editor should start off with small jobs while |
| consistent throughout the author's work. | | | | building a portfolio and reputation for themselves, |
| You do not need a college degree to be a copy-editor, | | | | before trying for the higher paying jobs. |
| although it never hurts. You do need to have a good | | | | Many publishing companies, magazines, and |
| command of the English language and be proficient | | | | newspapers are now beginning to outsource a larger |
| with punctuation and grammar. There are a number of | | | | percentage of their copy-editing in their effort to cut |
| books, work at home courses and community college | | | | costs in the current economy. This represents another |
| classes, specifically directed at the person wishing to | | | | opportunity for freelance copy-editors, since much of |
| be a copy-editor. These courses can help you brush | | | | this work was previously kept in house. |
| up on your grammar and punctuation and teach you | | | | Copy-editing pays very well, and there is rarely a |
| everything you need to know about copy-editing to | | | | shortage of work for freelancers that have proven |
| get you off to a good start. | | | | skills. If you love to read, and are a punctuation |
| Copy-editing is not just limited to books but includes | | | | perfectionist, you may find freelance copy-editing at |
| any number of publications such as articles, magazines, | | | | home to be the job for you. |