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 […]
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The Editorial Process: An Overview for Self-Publishing Authors
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 […]