This blog celebrates 10 years since I started my business Right with Rhonda in late 2013.

I attended an Editors NSW presentation at their monthly meeting in November 2013, established my business Right with Rhonda and set up my own website myself using WordPress in November 2013, and joined Editors NSW as a professional member.

With my listing on the Editors NSW freelance directory, client interest increased in 2014, and I was on the way in my self-employed editing career. I provide high-quality research, review and editing services to researchers, academics, students and government departments. I help people communicate clearly in writing, focusing on academic and research related material.

My very first blog in November 2013 was on How to identify spam. Many blogs are based on issues which arise in my day to day work as a self-employed academic editor and as a professional member of the Institute of Professional Editors. Thanks to all my clients over the years for providing such interesting material to edit and making me think.

See my other blogs celebrating business milestones:

• Rhonda Daniels is now an Accredited Editor, September 2016
• Celebrating 100 blogs and 7 years in 2020
• Rhonda Daniels has renewed status as an Accredited Editor, August 2021
• A self-employed academic editor’s reflections on 2021

Over the years, I have learned from my experience as a self-employed professional and have contributed to Editors NSW and the Institute of Professional Editors in various roles, including as a member of the Standing Committee on Academic Editing and the Pay and Conditions Standing Committee. I am proud that, with a strong foundation and focus, I was able to survive the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and continue my business serving clients.

See Part 2 next month for more reflections on my clients and work over the last 10 years.

To work with an accredited editor who has been successful in business for 10 years striving for clear communication, please contact me at rhdaniels@bigpond.com