Freelancers are often asked that. Our family and friends know that our workflow is not steady (and neither is our income), and so they want to know what kind of work we have done recently.

I actually accomplished a few big things this past spring. More happy clients, more satisfaction on my part, more money. You can’t argue with that. So what exactly did I accomplish?

First and foremost, I completed a project for a new client who was recommended to me by a good friend. This friend knew well about my skill and excellence as a copyeditor. The new client owned a small business and had a website. He was an ESL (English as a Second Language) client, and so the English on his site needed some assistance. I not only fixed the grammar and capitalization on the site, but improved the wording and flow of the language. Once the changes were made on the website, it read much better. The client told me that on a scale of one to ten, my editing was an eleven. Editors don’t get that kind of compliment every day.

I also worked with my longtime client, my friend’s company, which had recently revamped the product description pages on its website. It turned out that on some of the pages, certain links were not displayed properly and were confusing to customers who needed to click on them. It was my job to find which pages had erroneous links and record them on a Word document. This meant that I had to go over some 1,700 product pages. Thankfully, I only had to spend roughly 30 to 60 seconds on each page. I did this for a reduced rate, since it didn’t directly involve editing.

Finally, I edited marketing emails for the same company, most of which did not need any changes. I always enjoy these at least somewhat, because they have gorgeous photos on them.

Here’s to more projects coming my way. What did you accomplish this spring?