I can only imagine! #StetChat

I immediately notify the editor. When this happened at an academic journal they pulled the article. Turns out it had been previously published in another country. #StetChat

Very true! Your DM and my DM would probably get along well.

Also, yes, sometimes running away or firing a client may be the right move depending on the circumstances.

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Q2: You’ve already politely told a potential client that you’re not a good fit to edit their project and directed them to an editing directory. They email back and demand to know why you won’t work on it. What do you do?

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Happy to be back! Although joining after a full day at #ACESVcon26 means I've got limited brain power right now, so any #StetChat responses will be slow and likely full of typos. What a day!😊

#StetChat | A1: Just clear communication on this one. Once I've given notice about what I've found, it's up to the author / publisher how they want to proceed with their own project.

I want to at least say I hope you got paid well, but I am willing to bet you did not. 🙃 #StetChat

Yay! We're so glad you think so, Barbie. I know that I've learned a lot from you over the years.

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My DM once said "Running away is always an option," and I suppose that applies quite well to red-flag clients too! #StetChat

It was a wiiiiild situation. It was a Christian publishing house and they gaslit the shit out of me. "Why would you accuse our authors of plagiarism? We're family!" (They are literally not my family...lol.)

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Argh, that had to be frustrating. Did they ever argue with you or deny it? #StetChat

#StetChat Other people have said this, but luckily, since this is a publisher's manuscript, that makes it their problem. I would run it up to whoever's managing the project and ask how they want to proceed. I suppose it would also depend on what stage of the project I was at. 1/2

That's a great point, Ellen (and hi! Happy to have you here.). You need to be careful not to run to accuse your client of plagiarism as there could be another explanation. #StetChat

A1: If I discover plagiarism, I check the entire book. There's ALWAYS more than one instance of it. 🙃

Then I email the managing editor / author directly.

I explain that content is showing up as duplicated from [source], and do we want to:
1. Reword it
2. Make it a direct quote & cite it

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Ugh. I'm so sorry that's how you entered freelance copyediting! Good for you for determining your own boundaries early on. #StetChat

Crying is a free action, as our DM once said during one of our D&D sessions.

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