by Susannah Noel | Dec 3, 2019 | Editing Nuts & Bolts, Finding Work
If you’re considering a career as a freelance book editor, you’re probably wondering what type of editing is right for you. This is a question we often get from aspiring book editors. They’re interested in bringing their talent with words to the...
by Nancy Marriott | Nov 19, 2019 | Business Talk, Editing Nuts & Bolts
Do you love to read and wish you could spend your life with books? Do you find errors in books and wonder how they got there? Do you cringe at misplaced apostrophes and rail at undeveloped character arcs? If so, you may be a wordsmith who hasn’t reached your...
by Zora Vermilya | Aug 30, 2018 | Editing Nuts & Bolts, Inspiration
Editor’s note: Zora is our summer intern. In exchange for marketing and social media help, we’re teaching her about developmental editing, line editing, copyediting, and proofreading. Zora majors in Creative Writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Editing is an...
by Susannah Noel | Jun 7, 2018 | Editing Nuts & Bolts
Most of my career, I’ve been a copyeditor for large NYC publishers, an intellectually stimulating but also somewhat straightforward task. It starts with this injunction: A copyeditor must never fix or improve the author’s style. (What is style? See Dave...
by Nancy Marriott | Apr 23, 2018 | Editing Nuts & Bolts, What Would the Expert Book Editor Do?
It happens all the time. A prospective client contacts me about their book, wanting my book coaching or editing services to help in some phase of its completion. But their request is vague, not tailor-made for my packages and rates. They only know what they want, not...
