Me, myself and I look like simple words that we use on a regular basis, but they’re easy to misuse. Here’s an example: “Matt and myself are going to the movies.” Writers may think they’re being more formal by talking that way, but it’s not proper usage. The correct way to phrase that sentence would be, “Matt and I are going to the movies.”

When do we use myself? When the word actually reflects back on us: “I feel the same way myself.” Use of this reflexive pronoun is becoming less popular, unless you want to emphasize a point. For example, “President Obama himself greeted us at the door.”

What about me and I? You can say, “Marianne and I are best friends; she tells me everything.” You don’t want to say, “Marianne and me are best friends; she tells I everything.” Most of the time you can figure that one out by reading it out loud.

Sigrid Macdonald is the author of three books, including Be Your Own Editor, available at Lulu.com. Check her out at http://sigridmacdonald.blogspot.com/.

Here’s a brand new batch of hand-picked editor and writer jobs. Hurry when replying to these as they won’t last very long:

Chicago-based Quarsan seeks a freelance math editor/writer to work on projects at a high school math level. Apply online and don’t forget to include your educational pedigree as a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree is preferred. You’ll need experience in Algebra, Trig and other high-end math subjects.

Landor needs a proofreader for its Cincinnati office. Apply online for this freelance proofreading gig, and be ready to upload a copy of your resume to via the online application form.

This one is a bit old, but Kelly Fletcher PR may yet be looking for a freelance PR/social media person. Email a resume and a list of your media accomplishments to kelly@kellyfletcherpr.com.

Law.com seeks a news editor with five years of editing and writing experience and a four-year degree. Send an e-mailed resume and cover letter with “News Editor” and do not forget your salary requirements. Send everything to opportunities@alm.com.

That’s all the freelance job opportunities for this edition, stay tuned for more and don’t forget to send us any hot tips you might run across–drop us a line via the comments section.

Jeff Herman’s Guide to Book Publishers, Editors, and Literary Agents is a fairly tempting volume to many–after all, the freelance writer with a book idea needs some place to hawk that concept, right?

But perhaps that interpretation of what this book can be used for is too inside-the-box.

What about the editor who needs a career change? Someone looking for a way to find new opportunities with or without the benefit of the freelance job boards or for-editors websites might do well to consider a book like this as a glorified phone book.

Want to move into the publishing world? Looking for new addresses to send those resumes to? So many people get wrapped up in the target audience for books like these that it never occurs to them to buy one to use when targeting companies for your resume and cover letter.

There’s more than one way to interpret a resource like this. Take a creative look at your bookstore shelves and ask yourself if a new editor job tool is hiding in plain sight.

A lot of people create elaborate resume sites to beef up their Google clout–after all, you never know who might be searching for an editor/writer and good Google results for your site could help you out in all sorts of unexpected ways. But Google can’t find you easily if you don’t make your site Google-friendly. Here are some tricks that can help:

1. Google loves sites that are deep and have plenty of content. If your site is light on the content side, try adding a professional-sounding-but-personable blog. You can update once or twice a week and see how it goes–just make sure to take the advice of the next step into consideration when writing it.

2. Use keywords the same way you would when writing or editing SEO content. Don’t skimp on the phrases that you want Google to associate with your resume page, but don’t stuff them in at every turn, either. Read more »

Hey editors, what does your online portfolio look like? Do you include before and after examples of your editing work? Why not take a page from Stephen King’s playbook and show what somebody else’s work looks like after you’ve gotten done with it?

In King’s book, On Writing, he throws in a few pages from his story 1408, showing the before and after from his own work–but you can do the same using one of your actual clients (with their permission, of course). Naturally if you can’t get permission you’ll have to edit one of your own first drafts, but this is a GREAT way of showing off your editorial chops.

It’s even better if you can also show a .jpg of a page you’ve marked up with editing symbols and such as an extra gimmick. Nobody edits much that way any more, but it’s a good visual and very effective when positioned properly.

Writers post writing samples, why not post editing samples? Something to consider next time you revamp your resume page.

Yes, EditorWriter.org had a brief hiatus there for a time due to, you guessed it, deadlines. We had to go down for a bit but we are back now. Look for more of your favorite resources and such coming to this space and thanks much for your patience!

In the meantime, here is a list of links we’ve been enjoying lately-there’s a bit of nepotism here with a couple of inclusions (friend blogs) but we found some interesting things to ruminate over here:

FreelanceWriterVille

The Writing Journey

A different (but valuable) perspective on the editing game–APhotoEditor.com

Find An Editor has promise but we’re not sure how current this is…

a 2007 article on hiring editors at Folio.com