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The Best Books on Writing Ever! Picks from our editors and staff

There are tons of books on this subject out there, ranging from “meh!” to “wow.” Because you’re our peeps and we don’t want you to waste your time with the former, our staff has put together a shortlist of the latter. We’ve included links to make it easier for you to find these awesome resources, along with […]

By |2024-01-07T19:15:39+00:00May 19th, 2021|Recommended Reading|Comments Off on The Best Books on Writing Ever! Picks from our editors and staff

THE EDITORIAL PROCESS 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Readying a Book for Quality Self-Publication

These days, it seems everyone wants to self-publish a book. And that is both a tremendous freedom afforded to all who have the desire, and a scary proposition for a market now flooded with books and no process for quality control. This means a lot of people are publishing books who don’t necessarily know what part editors […]

By |2024-01-07T18:35:12+00:00|Self Publishing|Comments Off on THE EDITORIAL PROCESS 101: A Step-by-Step Guide to Readying a Book for Quality Self-Publication

Spotlight on Developmental Editing An overview of why it’s needed, how it works, and what to expect from the process

When many people think of editing, they think of arcane symbols and scribbled margin notes in red or blue pencil – move this paragraph, delete these words, add a hyphen, correct that spelling, capitalize this letter. And while that is an important part of editing, it’s only one part, and it comes last.  So let’s talk about […]

By |2024-01-07T18:07:48+00:00|The Editor’s Craft and Process|Comments Off on Spotlight on Developmental Editing An overview of why it’s needed, how it works, and what to expect from the process

Spotlight on Sentence-Level Editing Demystifying the differences between line editing, copy editing, and proofreading

In an earlier blog post we talked about the importance of developmental editing and why the focus on big-picture stuff – structure, book-spanning issues like plot or organization, character development, dialogue, and that sort of thing – needs to come first, before you spend too much time worrying about the finer points of style and wording. This […]

By |2024-01-07T18:06:55+00:00|The Editor’s Craft and Process|Comments Off on Spotlight on Sentence-Level Editing Demystifying the differences between line editing, copy editing, and proofreading

Still More About Our Sentence-Level Editing Services A guide for authors trying to decide which level of service is appropriate

Line editing, copy editing, and proofreading are all hands-on services where your editor works with the words on the page directly. While there is some degree of overlap in the purview of each service, these are three fundamentally different kinds of editing that serve three very specific objectives. Understanding what each service is and […]

By |2024-01-07T18:08:09+00:00|The Editor’s Craft and Process|Comments Off on Still More About Our Sentence-Level Editing Services A guide for authors trying to decide which level of service is appropriate

Miss Manners for Authors Our staff weighs in on best practices for responding to book reviews, good and bad

So what about reviews? If you get a good one—from a stranger, not your mom—it’s cause for major celebration: dancing around the room, busting out the champagne, wildly bursting into a song from The Sound of Music. But if you get a bad one, well, nothing can ruin your day faster. Now that your baby, aka […]

By |2024-01-06T23:58:04+00:00March 11th, 2018|Industry Insights|Comments Off on Miss Manners for Authors Our staff weighs in on best practices for responding to book reviews, good and bad
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