Does Your Editor Have To Love Your Genre?
There’s a difference between like and love, tolerate and hate. When you’re looking for an editor for your book, does it really matter if your editor loves (or doesn’t love) your genre? There are several different ways to answer that question and this...
You Deserve an Editor Who Understands Your Lived Experience
When you work with a publisher, you often have no choice in your editor. You’re assigned to an editor at the publisher and you will be working with them. However, as an indie author, you can choose who you want to edit your books. If your books contain...
3 Reasons Why You Need A Human Editor
You’ve written your book, polished it to the best of your ability, and ran it through Word’s Editor or maybe you’ve used a tool like ProWritingAid or Grammarly. You’re finished, right? Editors cost money and margins are thin as it is. Is it...
Let’s Talk About A Sample Edit
When you’re going to work with an editor you haven’t worked with before, it’s always a good idea to get a sample edit. What’s a sample edit? Usually it is the first 1000 words of the story (not the copyright page, acknowledgements or any other...