While editors are authors’ greatest creative partners, literary agents are authors’ greatest business partners. They’re also often necessary for getting your foot in the door of publishing. Why do I need an agent? Please count how many of the following you can confidently say “yes” to: I personally know the acquisitions editor at my favorite […]
Plus techniques to focus your writing As an eclectic reader, it feels appropriate that my editing is eclectic as well. I edit about 50% fiction and 50% academic nonfiction. Romance novels and graduate theses generally require very different skills—analyzing character development versus reformatting citations—but there is some overlap. One stylistic fault pops up all the […]
My heart hurts when I get this kind of email from an author: I already hired a proofreader who cleaned up my manuscript, so now I’m looking for big picture edits. Ooooh, how my heart hurts right now. Why? Because the author has wasted money on the wrong editorial services. Their manuscript may be mostly […]