Celebrating Independent Authors
Lately I’ve had quite a few editing jobs, working them in between my own writing and promotion of my latest book. I enjoy editing. I’ve always had a critical eye and an analytic brain, so very often anomalies in the writing will jump off the page at me. The caveat, of course, is that this … Continue reading “How Editing for Others Helps My Writing”
My mind wanders when I work at something manual. And often it wanders in the direction of writing. So perhaps it’s not surprising that when I was working on a house repair, it occurred to me that the process could be compared to editing. Our little cottage was built in 1883. The previous owners had … Continue reading “Is Editing a Book Like Home Repair?”
Beta read, proof-read, copy edit, line edit, stylistic edit, substantive edit, aunt Mary’s read-through: you name it. Ask just about anybody what the different types of editors are called, and they’ll give you a different answer. And why should we care? We can’t afford them anyway. Knowledge of these various functions can be applied to … Continue reading “A Holistic Description of the Editing Process”
Guest Post by Brenda Perlin After my first book had been picked up by a publisher (not as good as it sounds), I figured my story needed to be cleaned up before I let it go to press. I was jazzed by the idea of my book getting some attention, but I didn’t want to … Continue reading “My Horrible Experience with FirstEditing”