Hiring a Freelance Editor | India Drummond. Recently my beloved editor L.J. Sellers told me she could no longer take in freelance work. As her own novels have exploded in popularity, it has grown more and more difficult (and less profitable) for her to take time out of her schedule to edit for someone else. I completely understand. I too don’t take on editing anymore, except for existing clients. I lucked out when I found L.J. But the truth of the matter is, anyone can call themselves an editor. Because I didn’t want to regret my decision, I made a plan. Step 1. I have a lot of people in my various networks, including some bestselling indie authors.
I did NOT place an open call saying, “Hey, I need an editor. So over the next week as authors started writing back to me with their recommendations and I kept at my search, I realised I had quite a long list. Step 2: Narrowed this down to twelve impressive professionals I narrowed this list down to twelve, based on recommendations and their online presence. Step 4: I checked references.
Maintaining a Good Relationship With Your Editor. By Lourdes Venard In two previous blog posts, I wrote about the differences between editors, and how to find a good editor. The next step, after determining what type of editor you want and hiring someone, is to maintain that relationship–and make the most of it. If the two of you are a good fit, this is a relationship that may potentially continue for many years–throughout more books, short stories, magazine articles, websites or blog posts.
The secret of maintaining a long-lasting relationship is like many other working relationships. . · Be honest and upfront. . · Get your manuscript in on time. . · Pay on time. . · Don’t argue over an edit–or, at least, do it politely. . · Don’t expect more beyond the editing services. . · Finally, say thank-you. Lourdes Venard, a Long Island, N.Y., newspaper editor, also freelances and teaches an online copyediting course.
EFA: Resources: Editorial Rates. Editorial Freelancers Association: Home. Finding–and Hiring–a Freelance Editor. By Lourdes Venard You’ve finished your novel and now you need an editor. Some writers turn to an English teacher they know or a friend who was always good at spotting errors. But these may not always be the best sources. A professional copy editor has training and years of experience behind her, and will give your novel a far more thorough look. How do you find this editor, and how do you go about hiring her? One of the best ways of finding a copy editor is to ask for references from other writers. Now that you have a pool of applicants, the best way to winnow them is to ask them to complete a sample edit (anywhere from six to 12 pages).
Editors also vary on the way they like to be paid. When can you start my project, and how soon can you complete it? This is part two of a three-part series on editing. About the author Lourdes Venard, a Long Island, N.Y., newspaper editor, also freelances and teaches an online copyediting course. The Reasons You Need an Editor. By Lourdes Venard We’ve all had the experience of reading a book, being completely immersed, and then, whoosh, we’re thrown out of the story. It can be as simple as a misspelled word or as grievous as a character whose name has suddenly changed.
This is where the editor steps in—or should have stepped in, I should say. Editors often get a bad rap. Most writers don’t like their words to be changed, trimmed or otherwise played with. Editors are seen as nitpickers, at best; an intrusive presence, at worst. A good editor, though, leaves behind a better story, without having left a footprint behind. If you are a first-time writer, this experience can be invaluable, as Toby Speed, a Long Island Sisters in Crime member, found.
“After many revisions and a couple of overhauls, at 101,600 words it was perfect,” she said. “She had even deleted my prologue, the best writing in the book!” "Then I read the editor’s version with the tracking turned off. Her experience is not uncommon. The next steps. Word-Savvy.com | Freelance Writing and Editing Services by Susan Ferguson. Editing « Ramona DeFelice Long. Susanna J. Sturgis: Writer • Editor • Born-Again Horsegirl.
Guest Blog Post: The Scam of Private Label Rights Articles. Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer Beware Today, Smashwords founder Mark Coker guest blogs about "private label rights" services, which make it possible for anyone to "author" their own ebooks or to populate blogs by putting together chunks of content from the service's database. The result: scads of badly-formatted, poor-quality ebooks and blogs, which are often used by SEO scammers to confuse Google Search results. I'd never heard of these services before, and I'll bet a lot of my readers haven't either--which is exactly why I've been wanting to host more guest blog posts. Many thanks to Mark for illuminating yet another shady corner of the Internet. Did you know for only $24.95 a month, you can subscribe to a service that gives you access to a database of thousands of articles you can turn into ebooks?
If you're too lazy or too clueless to write a real book, now you slap your name on another person's work and get rich in the process. Did this author plagiarize the content?