Why Different Editors Quote Different Fees You’ll note that this site contains articles to help writers learn how to select an editor. Of course, we think you should strongly consider an editor from our freelance network. At a minimum, we want you to be an...
Why would you consider hiring a “cheap editor” over a professional and proven book editor? • You’re tempted by an inexpensive quote • You imagine your book is so close to perfect it barely needs editing • Your hopes and dreams are realized—so few...
The Grammarly App To see if Grammarly worked for book manuscripts, I put it to the test. I took 5,000 words of an unedited novel and uploaded it to Grammarly. Separately, I edited those same 5,000 words myself the old-fashioned way—employing eyes, brain, fingers, and...
Looking to do it yourself? Great! We are here to help you understand how to self publish a book.Some years ago, the publishing industry was fairly predictable and easy to navigate. A number of commercial publishing houses, with secure reputations, dominated the...
First published in WritersWeekly.com. October 24, 2012. Updated September 24, 2018. You need an editor—of that much you are certain. But how can you avoid falling prey to incompetent, untrained, or inexperienced pretenders who may insert more errors than they correct?...