#finding an editor

Joanna Penn:

Professional Editors To Help With Your Book

I'm a passionate believer in the importance of editing and I frequently get asked for recommendations for editors, as well as how the process works.

You can find my list of recommended editors below. I either know them personally or they have been recommended by readers of this blog/other authors.

How to find and work with a professional editor

You should assess what you need against what each provide as well as the cost. Also, consider your timings. You'll need to book editing in advance as professionals are always busy.

The Editing Process #amwriting

Self-editing is not an easy task. As a rule, I don’t recommend it because we authors see what we want to see. However, hiring an editor is out of reach for some people, and we will discuss that further in the second half of this article. The publishing world is a rough playground. Editors for traditional publishing companies and small presses have a landslide of work to pick from and are…

Working with an Editor: Part 2

Technical Writing a book is something that takes time, money, and effort, but the end result makes it all worth it. You’ve probably had moments where you’ve just stared at your screen or banged your head against your desk, searching for ideas that wouldn’t come. You’ve probably had days where you didn’t feel good enough and days where the words flowed easily. You’ve probably even had days where…

Writers – how to find the editor that’s right for you – Written By Roz Morris

Roz Morris, author, and editor, informs us about the best way to find an editor.  I found this is a post to share. It’s very important to many of us. Thank you very much Roz!

I was asked this recently by Lyda McLallan who was working on a blog for HuffPost. I don’t know if the piece was published, but these are questions I get a lot, so I thought I’d answer them here.

It all began when Lyda…

Writers – how to find the editor that’s right for you

I was asked this recently by Lyda McLallan who was working on a blog for HuffPost. I don’t know if the piece was published, but these are questions I get a lot, so I thought I’d answer them here.

It all began when Lyda asked…

What should you do before you hire an editor…

Me: Talk to them!

1 Establish the kind of editing that will be suitable for your manuscript. Authors are often surprised that…

To celebrate my edits being finished, I thought I’d do a quick post on how I found my lovely editor!

This was probably the least nerve-racking and easiest part of my whole self-publishing process. Seriously, I’m actually amazed at how easy it was to find an editor and how smoothly our interactions went.