First of all, I am Chinese. If you have ever met me, you would know that I have small but sharp eyes. (Recently, I did some proofs and impressed my co-authors with my ability to catch mistakes.)

This Blog is about manuscripts written by Chinese. In one week, I was asked by three different journals to review three manuscripts in English, all written by Chinese. I managed to say no to two journals, and ended up regreting I said yes to one journal. So, today I am sitting in my hotel room by the Thousand-Island Lake, and have just finished reviewing this ms.

This experience makes me feel more hopeful than ever that I will be able to make a decent living as a freelance English editor.