Roz has done a good job of explaining what needs to be done when looking for and hiring an editor. I think I’d add that once you’ve found the editor of your dreams, make sure that you get your work agreement in writing, i.e. you agree on the editor’s fee and what the editor will do for that fee. Getting it in writing whenever money is involved is absolutely essential! It protects both you and the editor.
I was asked this recently by Lyda McLallan who was working on a blog for HuffPost. I don’t know if the piece was published, but these are questions I get a lot, so I thought I’d answer them here.
It all began when Lyda asked…
What should you do before you hire an editor…
Me: Talk to them!
1 Establish the kind of editing that will be suitable for your manuscript. Authors are often surprised that there are many things an editor can do.
They usually know about the mistake-spotting edits – proof reading or copy editing – but they don’t know there’s a more fundamental stage to do first, especially for an author who’s new to publishing or is working outside their normal area of experience – I work with a lot of authors who are converting to fiction after a successful career in non-fiction or drama. What they…
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Thanks for the reblog!