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  • Let’s Do This!

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    Today’s the day! As of June 1 I’m freelance editing full-time! *happy dance* I’ve been editing professionally for over a decade, but it was just three years ago that I started Kelsey Mitchener Editing as an official business. Now I’m making the jump to this being my full-time gig, and I couldn’t be happier about…

  • Celebrating Two Years

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    It’s my editing business’s birthday! Last year I celebrated one year of being in business by starting this blog. I’m a haphazard blog poster (I’ve posted just 26 times in a year), but I’ve had over a thousand visitors in the past year, and I get a kick out of seeing all the different countries you…

  • A New Job!

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    If you follow me elsewhere online (or, you know, you’re a friend IRL), you know that I’ve recently landed a new job! I’m moving into a new position helping direct a university writing center. Yay! There are lots of things I love about this. I worked as a student at this same writing center for…

  • Staying Small

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    When you love what you do and you’re awesome at doing it, keep doing what you’re doing.

  • Thoughts on Meaning-Making

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    I’ve spent the last few days at the Making Literature Conference at Taylor University. It’s a small conference at a small college in a small town. It’s an undergraduate conference, with sessions featuring undergraduate work read by and to undergrads. I lingered at the edges, an English major half a decade out. It was three…

  • 2014 Annual Report

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    Is it too late to be sharing 2014 recaps? Sorry, not sorry. I’ve been having a love affair lately with Warby Parker, and earlier this week they released their annual report, which made me fall in love just a little bit more. Their review comes with the option to make your own custom annual report,…

  • Shop Talk Feature

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    I’m excited to be featured on Chicago Manual of Style’s Shop Talk this month, along with a slew of other writers and editors. We’re sharing some of our resolutions for 2015—check it out. Here’s mine: As a freelance editor, my goal is to pick up steady work with a publishing house this year. —Kelsey M.…

  • Merry Christmas!

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    Merry Christmas! For the next two weeks, my husband and I will be alternating between celebration and hibernation modes, and I’m looking forward to the time off together to enjoy the holiday season. Between baking cookies, watching movies, and wrapping up the last of the presents, I’ll be doing some behind-the-scenes updates on this website…

  • Happy Thanksgiving!

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    Happy Thanksgiving! Some things I’m thankful for this season: * room in my studio to sprawl out and set up camp * Toggl time tracker (yep, still in love) * warm chocolate chip cookies * visiting with extended family * having a job where I get paid to read * homemade noodles * HGTV in…

  • Yoga for Editors

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    November is here, and the new month seems to have ushered in a new season as well. The stores, of course, have already rolled out their Christmas offerings, and I’ll admit to purchasing a holiday song online yesterday. It even snowed here on Friday (Halloween); Nathan and I drove around in the dark in the…