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  • Facebook (website) Mar 2008, 8; May 2009, 16; Sep 2009, 10; Jan 2011, 16; May 2011, 16; Jul 2012, 8; Mar 2018, 6–7
    • Facebook Live videos Jan 2017, 6–7
    • SfEP page Mar 2011, 3; May 2013, 8; Jul 2014, 12–13
  • fact sheets (SfEP) Jul 2005, 14
  • Fairnell, Eva: profile Sep 1997, 2–3
  • fantasy: Writing Fantasy and Science Fiction – and Getting Published (book review) Mar 1999, 14
  • ‘farther’/‘further’ Jan 2009, 10
  • faxes
    • junk Jan 2001, 9
    • use of Aug 1992, 6–7; Oct 1994, 2–3; Jan 1995, 14; May 1995, 8
  • Federation of Small Businesses Jan 2005, 6; Mar 2005, 12
  • feedback, giving and receiving Nov 2016, 17
  • fees see pay
  • Fenton, Kate: 1997 conference keynote speech Nov 1997, 4–5
  • 'fetus'/'foetus' Mar 2001, 5
  • ‘fewer’/‘less’ Nov 2010, 6; Jul 2011, 14; Sep 2016, 3
  • fiction
    • editing Apr 2001, 6; Jan 2003, 5–6; conference supplement Nov 2005, 6; conference supplement Nov 2011, 2; Nov 2014, 15; Nov 2015, 19; Jan 2017, 3; May 2017, 4–5; Nov 2017, 23, 29–30
    • editing erotica Nov 2018, 27
    • Editing Fiction (SfEP Guide) Mar 2012, 14; Jul 2012, 14; Sep 2012, 9; Jan 2013, 12–13
    • editing sex scenes Nov 2019, 35
    • editors in May 1998, 4–5
    • Introduction to Fiction Editing (training course) Jan 2014, 15; Mar 2015, 15
    • narrative openings Nov 2018, 24
    • New Modernist Editing (network) May 2017, 6–7
    • professional development day Jan 2016, 1; Jul 2106, 2, 6
    • public edit (live critique) Nov 2016, 17
    • romantic May 2017, 4–5
    • switching to editing of Nov 2019, 26–27
    • writing Jan 1991, 12; Nov 1997, 4–5; May 2017, 4–5
  • Fife Group see Tayside and Fife Group
  • figures see illustrations
  • film titles: for editors and proofreaders Dec 1995, 9
  • finance
    • Dictionary of Finance and Banking (book review) Jul 2006, 12
    • Finance for Freelances (workshop) conference supplement Nov 2013, 3
    • see also accounting; book-keeping; fintech
  • Finance Act (1994) Jul 1994, 7–8
  • financial advisers, independent Dec 1997, 8; Jan 2004, 10–11; Mar 2004, 9
  • findaproofreader.com May 2019, 4
  • fintech (financial services industry technology) Sep 2017, 7–8
  • Firman, Ivor: obituary Nov 1990, 4
  • ‘first’/’firstly’ Sep 1990, 13
  • FirstAssist (legal advice service) Jul 2003, 6; Nov 2005, 6; Jan 2007, 16; Nov 2015, 3
  • fixed fees Nov 2008, 16
  • ‘flaunt’/‘flout’ Jul 2012, 6
  • ‘foetus’/‘fetus’ Mar 2001, 5
  • folklore: Dictionary of English Folklore (book review) Jan 2002, 10
  • fonts Nov 2003, 1–6; Mar 2004, 12; May 2011, 7; Nov 2015, 19
    • Just My Type: A book about fonts (book review) Mar 2011, 12–13; Sep 2012, 12
  • food
    • Oxford Companion to Food (Davidson) Jul 2001, 8
    • see also diet
  • food writing Sep 2001, 1–2; Mar 2005, 3–4
    • Oxford Dictionary of Food and Nutrition (book review) Jan 2006, 10
    • Recipe Writer’s Handbook (book review) May 2001, 10–11
    • see also cookery books
  • football programmes: editing and proofreading Jan 2013, 4–5
  • footnotes: Footnote: A curious history, The (book review) Jun 1999, 12–13
  • For Dummies (book series) Mar 2006, 1; 6; Sep 2007, 13
  • ‘forebear’/‘forbear’ Jul 2012, 6
  • ‘forego’/‘forgo’ Jul 2012, 6
  • foreign characters: printing Oct 1991, 4; May 1992, 5–6
  • foreign words Nov 2006, 1, 4; Mar 2008, 6
  • forms
    • design of May 2005, 16
    • templates for Sep 2004, 8
  • Forrest, Charles Mar 2010, 3
    • see also Charles Forrest Memorial Prize
  • 44 Portland Place (club) Mar 2005, 12
  • forums, SfEP see SfEP forums
  • Fowler’s
    • Dictionary of Modern English Usage: Classic first edition (book review) Jul 2010, 11
    • Dictionary of Modern English Usage (Butterfield; 4th edn) (book review) Sep 2015, 13
    • New Fowler’s Modern English Usage (Burchfield) Jan 2002, 11
  • France: living and working in Jun 1995, 3–4
    • see also under French
  • FreeAgent (software)‎ Sep 2018, 18
  • Freelance Alliance (online directory) May 2014, 4–5
  • Freelance Editors’ Association of Canada (FEAC) Oct 1991, 10; Oct 1992, 7–8
    • see also Editors’ Association of Canada
  • Freelance MS (distance-learning courses) Jul 1990, 3–5
  • freelance work
    • advantages and disadvantages Jul 1989, 1; Nov 1989, 10; Jul 1992, 7–9; May 1994, 1; Jan 1997, 12–13; Apr 1997, 2–3; Mar 2012, 16
    • Business Planning for Editorial Freelancers: A guide for new starters May 2013, 15; Nov 2013, 13
    • effects of publishing industry restructuring on Jan 1994, 1–7
    • in broadcasting industry Mar 2006, 16
    • career change May 2010, 6
    • common mistakes Jul 2011, 4–5; Sep 2011, 9
    • Complete Guide to Editorial Freelancing (book review) Sep 1991, 9
    • conference workshop Nov 1999, 6–7; (2012) conference supplement Nov 2012, 2; (2013) conference supplement Nov 2013, 2
    • costs Nov 1998, 14–15
    • effects of publishing industry restructuring on Jan 1994, 1–7
    • emergency planning Nov 2018, 25
    • Finance for Freelances (workshop) conference supplement Nov 2013, 3
    • getting started Feb 1990, 3; Oct 1993, 3–4; Aug 1994, 7–8; Oct 2000, 4–5; May 2001, 3–4; Sep 2001, 11; May 2004, 1–3; Mar 2005, 1, 5; Jul 2006, 4–5, 9; Mar 2007, 7; Mar 2008, 5; May 2008, 7; Mar 2009, 6–7; May 2010, 6; Jul 2010, 6; Sep 2010, 4–5; Sep 2011, 8–9; May 2014, 4–5; Nov 2014, 14; Jan 2015, 6–7, 12–13; Nov 2015, 4–5, 15; May 2016, 6–7; Nov 2016, 23; Nov 2019, 26
    • Going Freelance and Staying There (training course) Feb 1989, 2; May 1990, 5; May 1993, 7; Oct 1995, 10; Jul 2013, 15
    • Going Solo (SfEP Guide) Jan 2017, 3, 14
    • groups for freelances Mar 2011, 10
    • holidays Aug 1993, 6–7; Oct 1993, 10
    • How to Succeed as a Freelancer in Publishing: The complete guide (book review) Nov 2011, 12
    • imposter syndrome Nov 2018, 35–36
    • isolation Jan 2010, 1, 7; Mar 2011, 10
    • Keep On Keeping On (workshop) conference supplement Nov 2011, 2
    • London Book Fair debate Jul 2002, 7
    • looking for Jul 2019, 22–23
    • management of Feb 1990, 3; Mar 1991, 1–2; Jul 1991, 1; Aug 1994, 11; Jun 1996, 9–10; Nov 1998, 14; Jul 2006, 16; Nov 2014, 16; Nov 2015, 20; Nov 2016, 19–20; Jul 2017, 9–10; Sep 2017, 9–10; Nov 2017, 25; Nov 2018, 34
    • online marketing sites Jan 2010, 6–7
    • quality of editing Sep 2019, 3–6
    • querying, art of Nov 2019, 25
    • questionnaire (1997) Sep 1997, 4–5
    • quotes for clients Jan 2019, 3–4
    • relationships with publishers Jul 1989, 2; Jun 1990, 7–8; Mar 1991, 4; Jan 1992, 1; Apr 1992, 1; Jan 2002, 4–5; Mar 2010, 4–5; Mar 2012, 5; Sep 2012, 5
    • risks and rewards of Sep 2018, 3–5
    • Running a Freelance Business (book review) Sep 2002, 9
    • Running a One-person Business (training course) Jul 1991, 8; Oct 1992, 11; May 1993, 7; Oct 1995, 10; Mar 1996, 10; Jan 1997, 14
    • Secrets of Successful Freelancing (audio tape review) Jun 1997, 11–12
    • sidelines Mar 2011, 4–5
    • survival strategies Aug 1992, 8–9; Sep 2008, 7–8
    • taxation advice Sep 1990, 1; Jun 1991, 1–3; Dec 1997, 9; May 2001, 8–9; Sep 2002, 8; Nov 2014, 16; Sep 2015, 16; Nov 2015, 15; Sep 2017, 3
    • Women in Publishing survey May 1992, 5
  • ‘freelancer’: use of Nov 1990, 7
  • French business schools, working for Nov 2017, 3–6
  • French language
    • and bilingual editing Jan 2011, 4–5
    • and English idioms Mar 2007, 16; May 2007, 16
    • French Quick Reference Dictionary (book review) Jul 1999, 10–11
    • orthographic reform Jul 1991, 10–11
  • Friary Press (printers) Jul 1991, 8
  • Friends of the British Library Dec 1992, 7
  • fuel: VAT on Sep 1990, 5
  • full-time employment: returning to Oct 2000, 5–6
  • fundraising: for SfEP Sep 1999, 14
  • ‘further’/‘farther’ Jan 2009, 10
  • fused participles May 2003, 10
  • future perfect tense May 2003, 7
  • FutureBook conference Nov 2013, 3
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