Let’s admit it, it’s a big step hiring an editor. You’ve researched editors in your genre, you’ve sorted out your budget so it’s realistic and you have your manuscript in a Word document (or ten). After approaching a couple of professional editors you’ve found one you’d like to work with. What next? After an initial…
(c) StockSnap Pixabay.com *update* Copy editors matter. Nothing has changed much since I wrote this article. In these days of AI everything, copy editors (and copyeditors, and proofreaders) do still matter. Read on to find out why … Yesterday copy editors on Twitter came out in solidarity with their colleagues in the New York Times….
Why as an editor I often like to remain anonymous As a copy editor I feel that I’m just polishing the author’s intentions and getting their ‘real’ story out there. We all know what it’s like to be tongue-tied, that feeling that you know what you want to say but you just can’t get it…