You are not alone!
Great list of writerly / editorly tools
Society of Writers, Editors and Translators (SWET)
SWET on the use of ALL CAPITALS
Editors’ Association of Canada / Association canadienne des réviseurs
KOKedit’s Editor related blog list
Chicago Manual of Style Shop Talk
For the not faint of heart Editors of Earth: https://www.facebook.com/groups/EditorsofEarth
Society of Writers Editors Translators (SWET Tokyo)
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Copy Editors’ Knowledge Base: http://www.kokedit.com/ckb.php
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Editing Experiences: New Tools, Professional Development and Networking (compliments Sara Kitaoji)
- Zoom: cloud-based videoconferencing and online chat for group meetings. Up to 100 participants. Limited free version. https://zoom.us
- Perfectlt (limited free version): run before and after an edit to check inconsistencies in style (e.g. hyphenation, capitalization, abbreviations). Generate list of abbreviations. https://intelligentediting.com/
- Archive Publications (Paul Beverley): free macros and starter kit http://www.archivepub.co.uk/macros.html
- Edifix: checking and converting references (expensive!) https://edifix.com/
- Crossref: free online database for checking digital object identifiers (DOIs) https://www.crossref.org/
National Associations
- Institute of Professional Editors Limited (IPEd), Australia http://iped-editors.org/
- Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP), the UK https://www.sfep.org.uk/
- Editors Association of Canada (Editors Canada) https://www.editors.ca/
- Editorial Freelancers9 Association (EFA), United States
- ACES: The Society for Editing, US
- Council of Science Editors, worldwide
Professional Editorial Standards,Editors Canada
https://www.editors.ca/publications/professional-editorial-standards-2016
Standards, SfEP https://www.sfep.org.uk/standards/
- Guidelines for Editing Research Theses, IPEd https://www.editors.ca/hire/guidelines-ethical-editing-student-texts
- Guidelines for Ethical Editing of Student Texts, Editors Canada
https://www.editors.ca/hire/guidelines-ethical-editing-student-texts
Editor Accreditation Exam (IPEd)
http://www.iped-editors.org/Accreditation/Next_accreditation_exam/Sample_exams.aspx.