Leaving Academia: Becoming a Freelance Editor

Leaving Academia: Becoming a Freelance Editor

In 2019, I was a political science professor who was fed up with the stress and hostility of academia–not to mention the low pay. I left my tenure-track job and went from barely surviving to thriving as a freelance academic editor. Today, I own Acadia Editing Services, an editing and coaching business that brings in six figures a year.


In this podcast, I’ll discuss the challenges of academia, what academic editing involves, and what life as a freelancer looks like. If you’re willing to jump outside your comfort zone, it IS possible to find joy, true flexibility, and a profitable and rewarding career as an academic editor.

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Episoder(91)

4 Steps to Get Started with Academic Editing NOW

4 Steps to Get Started with Academic Editing NOW

It’s the spring semester and, if you’re unhappy in academia, you’re probably dreading facing down another 15 weeks–let alone another whole YEAR–of dealing with administrators, AI, and burnout in gener...

16 Jan 202526min

A Deep Dive into Developmental Editing: How to Find Academic Clients, Set Your Rates, and Deliver the Final Product

A Deep Dive into Developmental Editing: How to Find Academic Clients, Set Your Rates, and Deliver the Final Product

In this episode I talk with developmental and line editor Ellen Tilton-Cantrell, PhD. After serving as a visiting assistant professor at a local college for a year, Ellen decided that she wanted a mor...

9 Jan 202558min

How to Escape High School Teaching: Work 100% Remotely as an Academic Editor

How to Escape High School Teaching: Work 100% Remotely as an Academic Editor

This episode is extra special and is absolutely packed with information that will help you get started as a freelance editor or expand your business.Nicole Halper is a former high school physics teach...

2 Jan 202537min

How Do Clients Find Me? My 2024 Year in Review

How Do Clients Find Me? My 2024 Year in Review

This week I wrap up 2024 with our 16th episode. I give you all the juicy stats on 🎯 the number of clients I've worked with, 🎯 the projects I've completed, and 🎯 the top strategies I used to attrac...

26 Des 202433min

Academic Editing around the World: How to Build a Global Editing Business

Academic Editing around the World: How to Build a Global Editing Business

This week’s episode will be particularly helpful for anyone interested in working with editing clients in Europe.I talk with Marieke Krijnen, a political science PhD and academic copy editor who’s liv...

19 Des 202437min

From Traveling Postdoc to Freelance Success: Building an Editing Career

From Traveling Postdoc to Freelance Success: Building an Editing Career

Do you need more free time–for yourself, your family, and your hobbies? Have you been thinking about making the leap from academia to freelance editing or coaching? In this episode, I chat with Tom ...

12 Des 202440min

How to Start an Academic Editing Agency: Founding and Building “Editing Worm”

How to Start an Academic Editing Agency: Founding and Building “Editing Worm”

In today’s episode I talk with Katrina Oko-Odoi, PhD, co-owner of the dissertation editing and coaching agency, Editing Worm. Katrina earned her PhD in Literature from UC San Diego and began freelance...

5 Des 202439min

From Academia to Editor: Creating a Successful Freelance Business

From Academia to Editor: Creating a Successful Freelance Business

Do you want to explore life beyond academia? 🌈 In this episode, I talk with Leslie Castro Woodhouse, PhD, founder of Origami Editorial, about how she transitioned from academic life to building a suc...

21 Nov 202442min

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