With Thanksgiving coming up this week, I want to give thanks for the good that has happened both this year and in the past regarding Fiedler Editorial.

I gained a new client in the form of a gentleman who asked me to edit the website for his business. He told me, “On a scale of one to ten, your editing was an eleven.” (Thanks are due to a good friend of mine, who put us in touch with each other.)

I continued to receive steady work from a longtime client (courtesy of another good friend), especially at the end of last year, making me busy enough that I could not take on any additional editing until January of this year. It felt so good to be that busy and needed.

I took Erin Servais’ course, “AI for Editors,” which made me finally understand AI. If you don’t understand it, I would highly recommend the course. Ms. Servais is an excellent instructor.

I’m also thankful for things that occurred before this year. I am thankful for my HP laptop and being able to buy it in 2020. Yes, it is now five years old, and it does have its quirks, for which I often yell at it. But I love it.

Also in 2020, a former grad school professor introduced me to the facilitators of an editing pool at my alma mater; we edit research manuscripts written by the school’s scientific researchers. I absolutely love doing that kind of editing.

In 2019, I was given the opportunity to edit the master’s thesis of a student at a well-known research institution, and my editing was called “wonderful” by the student and “5-star” by their advisor.

And I am thankful for my husband, who gave me the seed money to open a business bank account, and a good friend, who gave me great business advice.

What are you thankful for regarding your profession?