If you’ve already written your book, you know one of the biggest writing secrets: editing is a heck of a lot harder than writing. But that doesn’t mean you have to throw up your hands in despair. Figuring out how to edit your book may be one of the more difficult challenges you face, but […]
Confession: I loathe the word editor. It’s why I call myself a sentence wrangler. Nothing is wrong with the word editor, exactly. But because editor is an all-purpose word to describe a number of specialized jobs, no one knows what you do when you say, “I’m an editor.” Sentence wrangler, on the other hand, is […]
What does the editing process look like? Though it varies for each person—we all have our own idiosyncrasies—the editing process should involve self-editing, beta readers, a content editor, a copy editor, and a proofreader*. The more eyes on your book, the better. Here’s the process I went through with Blog Events: 1. Write You can’t […]