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Dictating a Book? Tips for Editing the First Draft

Dictating a Book? Tips for Editing the First Draft

by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Jan 13, 2016 | Contributing Writers, Editorial

Dictation has become a popular method for laying down a first draft. Barbara Cartland and Voltaire did it, James Patterson and Dan Brown are doing it, and popular self-publishing author Joanna Penn is determined to try it. In fact, Cindy Grigg (The Productive Author’s...
Author-Editor Collaboration: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Author-Editor Collaboration: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Dec 9, 2015 | Contributing Writers, Editorial

Is there a typical author-editor relationship? Not really. Depending on the level of editing and the area of publishing, an editor may have frequent, occasional, or no direct contact at all with an author. For example, developmental editors in trade publishing work...
Getting Ready for an Edit: How to Help Your Editor and Save Money

Getting Ready for an Edit: How to Help Your Editor and Save Money

by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Nov 4, 2015 | Contributing Writers, Editorial

You’ve written a book, and it’s time to send it to your editor. Or is it? That depends on how much work you want your editor to do. It may also depend on how deep your pockets are! What if we told you that there are some things you can do yourself, and...
Four Options for a Fiction Manuscript Evaluation

Four Options for a Fiction Manuscript Evaluation

by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Sep 30, 2015 | Contributing Writers, Editorial

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...

7 Tips for Proofreading Your Book

by Corina Koch Macleod and Carla Douglas | Aug 26, 2015 | Contributing Writers, Editorial

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,...
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