Freelance Wordsmith: Who am I? Who do you want me to be?
I've had two occasions, lately, to try to figure out exactly what I do - and what I'm willing to do - in my freelancing. (Don't let...
Editing: A Love Letter to Your Manuscript
For the past month or so (there was a short break in the middle), I've been editing a memoir. (It's part of what inspired me to discuss...
Editing 101: Spellcheck Is Not Your Friend
We've talked about this before, but I found a great example of it recently, so I thought it was a topic worth a quick revisit. Spellcheck...
The Argument for Editorial Arguments
It seems somehow topical, as the current election season wears on, that we take some time to discuss the art of argument. Or possibly...
Rating Editing Rates
If you look at the websites of most editing service providers (including my own), you'll see that they either list a wide range of fee...
How Editing Is Like Dyeing Your Beard - a (mostly) pictorial essay
When you finish your manuscript, because you've been working so closely on it for so long, you've probably become kind of blind to the...
Why Should You Hire an Editor? One Word: Potential
Because I’m an editor, you might expect me to be pretty biased when it comes to whether or not people should go through editing. And,...
Editors—Helping You Answer Questions You Didn’t Ask
Before I start any editing project, I like to find out from the author who the target audience is. It seems like a very simple set of...
Should You and Your Editor Share the Same Genre World? (Maybe)
Last month, we talked about two aspects of editing. There was the article in the middle of the month asking about whether you want...
Gay Male Author Seeks Same for Bouts of Impassioned Editing (But Should He?)
June [when this post originally appeared online[ being Pride month, I thought I’d address a topic that is fairly close to my heart: GLBT...
