I am always pleased to help out a new author with their story. I do manuscript evaluations and developmental edits. Back in 2022, I helped out a lovely person by evaluating the manuscript of their first cozy lesbian mystery. Today, I learned that she’s gotten it picked up by a publisher and now has aContinueContinue reading “Congratulations”
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client releases
2023’s first quarter has been very busy with editing, but I do have a couple client publications to announce. Popular sci-fi romance author Ami Wright has launched a new series co-written with Maddie Syn: Fated Mates of the Qol’rakii. The first two books in the series, The Alien Protector’s Lady and The Alien Protector’s SunshineContinueContinue reading “client releases”
More authors books now available
I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating. I am a reader as well as an editor, and I do not get involved in editing stories I can’t see myself getting behind wholeheartedly. That said, many clients have published the books which I edited for them since I last updated a couple months ago. SoContinueContinue reading “More authors books now available”
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”
From Draft to Done
Listen to this post in Spotify or on Anchor.fm In today’s blog post, I’m going to try to discuss the entire writing process from first draft to publication- or submission-ready. Where you are in the process should give you some clues as to what type of editing assistance you may need to get to theContinueContinue reading “From Draft to Done”
Publishing timeline
a guide for self-publishing authors who want to use editors I’ve had a number of conversations the last few weeks with authors who approach me about editing, but they have surprisingly unrealistic timetables for going from draft through editing, to publish-ready. This blog will primarily address the editing parts of the publishing process: beta readers,ContinueContinue reading “Publishing timeline”
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