If you’re writing a novel, you may be looking ahead to getting feedback on your finished draft. We’ve written before about how to get feedback from beta readers. Another option is to hire a professional editor to give you a manuscript evaluation. What does a...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Do you proofread your book after it’s been laid out for print or formatted for e-reading? You should. Proofreading is the last stage of the editorial process and its goal is to catch any errors that the writer, editor,...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas In this space a couple of months ago we distinguished copyediting from proofreading. Knowing the difference can help authors identify the kind of editing they need and understand just what an editor might be doing to their...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas In the tongue-in-cheek post How to Write a Book Even Faster, the author suggests that writers are not editing their writing. That can’t be true! (Right?) How do you edit your writing? Perhaps you use one of these self-editing...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Maybe it’s the time of year. All those NaNoWriMo manuscripts are beginning to stir, and they’re popping up like crocuses through the dregs of this winter’s snow. And what’s on every author’s mind? Beta readers. At Beyond Paper,...
By Corina Koch MacLeod and Carla Douglas Plagiarism. You know it when you see it, but it’s as slippery as a Canadian sidewalk in winter when you try to define or explain it. We recently became aware of how difficult plagiarism is to explain when we discovered several...
