There’s a lot of advice out there on how to hire editors; I suggest you read it. But for what it’s worth, let me throw mine out there. Last week, we talked about why you should hire a copy-editor (and I am very pro-copy-editor.) They do stuff you can’t, they polish your manuscript to a… Continue reading How To Hire A Copy-Editor
Okay, last week was all about how to start editing; this week is the nitty-gritty as I show you how to edit your manuscript. Remember, editing is one of those no-right-no-wrong processes. You might have a technique that differs vastly from mine, and that’s fine. But if you don’t have a clue, give this a… Continue reading Edit Or Die, Because
I’m writing this post at the request of a couple Twitter friends. They say they hear all the time that self-publishing authors need professional copy-editors, but they don’t know why, because no one who hires one ever seems to say, after the fact, exactly why it was so important. Pray allow me to remedy that… Continue reading Why You Need a Copy-Editor
You wrote a book! It’s done! Huzzah, huzzah, well done you! Are you done? No: first you must edit. But what the heck does that mean? A year ago, I was in the same boat as you. I read online that I should edit my work, so I did. As in, I read it aloud,… Continue reading The Heck Is “Editing?”
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