About Lori Paximadis

Lori Paximadis has been a successful full-time freelancer for more than half of her 34-year career in publishing. Her background in project management and production and her broad experience make her a sought-after copyeditor and proofreader for fiction and nonfiction. Her clients range from Big Five publishers to indies. She has been presenting and training on the topics of systems and efficiency since 2016.

Selected clients

multiple Hachette Book Group imprints, including Grand Central Publishing; Little, Brown; Forever; Black Dog & Leventhal; Running Press; FaithWords; Balance; and Legacy Lit
Union Square & Co. (formerly Sterling Publishing)
Pegasus Books
Night & Day Design
University of Hawai‘i Press
University of Iowa Press
West Virginia University Press
numerous individual clients

Publications

Cat Lover’s Daily Companion (with Kristen Hampshire and Iris Bass; Quarry, 2009)

Presentations

ACES: The Society for Editing Conference
2016: Amp Up Your Freelance Business with Systems
2017: Streamline Your Business with Systems
2023: Act Like a Business (panel); Systems & Shortcuts
2024: Get It (and Keep It) Together: Project Management Basics for Individuals

ACES: The Society for Editing Virtual Conference
2024: Systems & Shortcuts
2025: Pack Your Parachute: Contingency Planning for Freelance Editors (scheduled for September 2025)

Editorial Freelancers Association National Conference
2019: Systems & Shortcuts
2023: Styles from the Ground Up; Systems & Shortcuts; What We Wish We’d Known before We Started Freelancing (panel with Amy J. Schneider and Jeanette Fast Redmond)

Editorial Freelancers Association Virtual Conference
2025: Pack Your Parachute: Contingency Planning for Freelance Editors (scheduled for September 2025)

Editorial Freelancers Association Chapter Meetings
2015: Systems & Shortcuts (Ohio)
2016: Systems & Shortcuts (Ohio)
2018: Systems & Shortcuts (Florida)
2020: Systems & Shortcuts (Florida)

Northwest Editors Guild Red Pencil Conference
2023: Systems & Shortcuts for Working with Indie Authors; Level Up Your Business (panel with Amy J. Schneider, Erin Brenner, Laura Poole, and Sarah Grey)

The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (UK)
2020: Editorial Mastermind Groups (panel)

Editors Tea Club
2025: Presentations Ask Me Anything (two parts)

Communication Central
2016: Systems & Shortcuts

Podcasts & Appearances

Leaving Academia — March 2025
link: https://youtu.be/DwNbUKGuSK4
The Editor’s Half Hour — January 2025
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqudtASFB4k
That Word Chat — 2020: guest with the Quad
link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LUZklzVe_i4

Memberships

ACES: The Society for Editors
Editorial Freelancers Association
Chartered Institute for Editing and Proofreading (UK) — Professional Member