Tag: copyedit
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So You #NaNoWriMo’d. Now What?
#NaNoWriMo is over! So, now what? Here are five tips on next steps that I can offer you as a published author, editor, publisher, and writing coach.
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Copyediting vs Proofreading: Not the Same Thing
In school, chances are that you learned that an important part of the writing process is “proofreading.” Which meant checking over your final draft for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors before you turned it in. Now that we’re all grown up… What the heck is the deal with this “copyediting” step? And is it different…
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After #NaNoWriMo, What Next?
#NaNoWriMo 2018 has ended. Now that it’s over…what are you planning to do with your draft?Allow me to make a blunt suggestion: Bring it to me.
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HIRE ME TO COPYEDIT YOUR DAMN BOOK
Ok, friends. Let’s have some real talk, shall we? I’m a publishing professional. I’ve worked in various parts of the publishing industry, performing various tasks, since I was in undergrad. I know my way around the writing process, the publishing process, and, most importantly for my purposes here, the editing process. I’ve long harbored a…
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Need Cash, Will Copyedit
I wrote a book review recently that was less of a review and more of an appeal to people who love books to please abide by professional book-publishing standards before publishing books. It happens so often these days: everyone has a book in them, as the saying goes, and it’s easier than ever to go…