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...
An Author’s Responsibility To Their Editor
Last week I blogged about an editor’s responsibility to an author, and to be honest, I’ve thought of a few more things to put on that list. However, as promised, I also wanted to write about an author’s responsibility to their editor. You see, the...
What Should Your Editor Do For You?
Authors usually hire an editor to check the punctuation and spelling of their books, often to comment on plot and character, but beyond “fix my manuscript” a lot of authors don’t pay much attention to what their editors can do for them. As someone...