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Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELS

People take different paths to being a #freelance #editor. Here's Karen Klein's transition story in an open access article in Science Editor, journal of the Council of Science Editors. She provides 3 pieces of advice for moving into #SelfEmployment. #MedicalEditor tinyurl.com/ymas48zt

Science EditorTransition Story: Karen Klein - Science EditorDuring a transition, you can’t always see the path ahead clearly. That was certainly true for me, and my own transition story has had different chapters, with both professional and personal components.  I began my career at the New England Journal of Medicine (stupendous luck!). Several jobs later, after relocating and marrying a PhD student in English, I became the managing editor at Hypertension. But when my husband landed a promotion at Wake Forest University, I had to leave my wonderful job—back then, remote work didn’t exist. My career at journals was ending. During our house-hunting trip, I met with a department chair at Wake Forest. Unbeknownst to me, he had been looking for a medical editor for years. But they needed someone who had experience with research grant applications, and I had none. He said, “Don’t worry, I’ll teach you.” And he did. The work was overwhelming at first, but thanks largely to my very patient boss, I became familiar with the acronyms, the do’s and don’ts, and the strategies behind successful proposal writing. That position became the foundation of my 28-year career at Wake Forest—and in the last decade or so, I was the only medical editor at the institution. Gradually, the workload grew punishing, and my enthusiasm for it waned.  One day, I was surprised to receive an email from a researcher who had left Wake Forest, but wanted me to continue editing his proposals. Although at first the work was only occasional, my client was an […]
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