proofreading

Why should you hire a professional proofreader?

Check out this popular meme: Did you catch the error? Between the image and the text font, you might have missed the fact that the word overlaying the lemon is actually “melons”, a transposition of the “l” and the “m”. Happens to all of us. But your brain can trick you into missing errors likeContinueContinue reading “Why should you hire a professional proofreader?”

Rate: $5.00 per 1,000 words ($0.005 per word) What is a Proofread? A proofread is the final step before publication and copy editing – fixing the spelling, grammar, punctuation, and flow of the story’s sentences for tone and clarity – should already have been done. You may say that you had beta readers and didn’tContinueContinue reading “Proofreading”

Proofreading

Today is National Proofreading Day. I thought I’d talk a bit about what proofreading actually is and where it fits in the process of getting your manuscript ready for readers. Prepublication’s final step The first thing to begin to understand about proofreading is that it is the last editing step before publication. Proofreading is doneContinueContinue reading “Proofreading”