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CREDIT is here! See my services on this page.
What’s this about?
It’s for editors
CREDIT is an exciting new webinar series for editors, which offers the following:
A four-part series (of which 2 have been completed, done and dusted; the third is underway) = one area of focus, 4 webinars of one hour each. One week apart.
It’s for professional development
The webinar topics are for all editors, new and experienced. In making things better, we make things stronger. The CREDIT series aims to do just that:
- Develop your awareness of the nuances of your craft;
- Enhance your sense of responsibility as an editor;
- Embrace a sense of proactivity in your editing journey; and
- Create a feeling of expansiveness about work that you can access.
Each series includes an ebooklet with summaries of the webinar content. Each webinar includes discussion time for shared learning and colleague interaction.
But mostly, it’s for good
I’m using editing to make things better: better for editors, and better for others. All profits raised through CREDIT will be forwarded to an identified need.
Want to join CREDIT?
You can email me for information or to be added to the email list (alexis@alexisgrewan.co.za). CREDIT Series 1 and CREDIT Series 2 have come and gone.
CREDIT Series 3 Editing arenas: Same but different is being offered in October 2025. This series is about what’s similar and what’s different across various arenas or areas of editing. Knowing something about these arenas will make transitioning across them a little less daunting and a lot more appealing! The four webinars in this series cover the following:
- Academic editing
- Editing for publication
- Online copy-editing
- Niche: more same but still different
If you suffer from FOMO, here’s an idea of what was covered in the previous CREDIT series (and you needn’t have attended these to be part of CREDIT 3):
Series 1: Editing etiquette
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Series 2: Finding and keeping work
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Registration for CREDIT Series 3 is closed (sorry)!
If you have any questions, feel free to email me (alexis@alexisgrewan.co.za).
CREDIT 1 and CREDIT 2 are complete. But all three CREDIT series will be offered again in 2026.
Where CREDIT started
Credit should be given where credit is due. A friend was selected to represent our country overseas but had to raise their own funds. They had helped me in a time of need and I wanted to help them. I couldn’t offer anything grand or obvious immediately but knew I wanted to contribute. People deserve to be supported when there’s good reason to do so. I wondered what I could do to raise funds – maybe ‘sell’ something to others for a small fee that could then be paid forward to a worthy cause?
And so CREDIT was born: I’m giving credit where it’s due and using editing to make things better.
What CREDIT has achieved
Credit 1 and 2 raised funds to support women in sports, children’s literature, a school library project, people with disabilties, a marimba band, emerging authors and editors in need. Six provinces were touched and the next goal is to reach the remaining three. CREDIT is making things better: better for others and better for editors.
My credit (professional registration and membership)
- SACSSP (South African Council for Social Service Professions)
- PEG (Professional Editors’ Guild: accredited text editor, full member, national chairperson 2021-2024)
‘When you learn, teach. When you get, give.’
Maya Angelou