I started working with a new editing client in 2022 as a freelance journalist. He didn’t bat an eye when I told him my rate to copy edit his legal blog. And, he eventually went on retainer with me. I wanted to be able to attract more clients like him: professional, willing to value creative services and easy to work with. So I decided to up my game professionally. One night, while I was sitting in a graduate seminar with the university’s department chair, I got distracted. I have the type of brain where, when something comes into my...