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Wildly Popular Books that are Controversially Edited
Fame, virality, and popularity are double-edged swords that many who have achieved them warn others about. Books are no different. The publishing industry is notoriously hard to break into and success is relative. However, some books seem to take off into the stratosphere and become part of the cultural tapestry. But with that success come…
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5 Empowering Early Readers for Superior Feedback
We started a beta reading service at our company about a year after opening our doors. The decision to do this started after multiple calls with authors who faced challenges finding early readers with mixed or no success. Surprisingly, many authors are unaware that there are several types of early reader options they can utilize…
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Editing Terms Every Author Should Know Before They Revise
When I started editing, one of the first things I did was create what I call a How to Read Your Edits sheet and made it a deliverable that I sent to all my romance and fantasy authors after their edits. This sheet tells you all the technical details (and a few encouraging notes) about…
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Fantasy: The Realm of Magic, Sci-Fi: The World of Science
Fantasy is not sci-fi, and it’s a hill I’m willing to die on. As an editor and reader of fantasy, I cringe when someone lumps them together. It’s something I understand from people who aren’t consumers of either genre. But it really irks me when people in publishing lump them together. I found this challenging…
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Answering My Most Asked Question: How I Became an Editor
It’s no secret that I do the majority of my marketing, networking, and connecting for my book editing on social media. The most common question I get whenever I post any video or graphic on being an editor is “How did you get started?” or “How do you become an editor?” So this week is…
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Three Unexpected Traits of a Good Editor
What makes a good editor? This is a question many authors and aspiring editors ask every day. But being a good editor means different things to different authors. Most lists about editing focus on a love of reading or attention to detail. Those things are essential but there are some other personality traits that benefit…
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Your Book is Edited, Now What?
After writing and editing your book there’s still more to do. If you haven’t already, check out last week’s look at decisions you can make while your book is being edited, but you’ve got your edited book and now what? Hit publish?! Not quite. So you’ve edited, got a cover, decided how you’re going to…
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Ten Phases of Going Through Your Professional Edits
Turning your book over to an editor comes with a mix of emotions that most authors are prepared for. They understand the angst that accompanies turning their work over to a professional trained to critique and fix errors within their work. But when I talk to authors, I try to warn them of the rollercoaster…
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Everything You Need to Be Receiving from Your Copyeditor
You wrote a book, you chose a publishing path, you scoured the internet for your editor, and you’ve invested in their service, but what are you going to get back? If you’ve never been through editing before this can be scary. We talked about how to find the editor you need and how much it…
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Beta Reading: What it is, and Why it’s Important.
Beta reading is the first suggested step in the editing process whether you’re self-publishing or traditionally publishing. But with there being so many steps to editing, it can be hard to know when you’re ready for beta readers or what exactly you need for them to actually do other than read your fairly raw manuscript.…
