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How to Pick the Right Editor for Your Project, a Printable Checklist
Finding the right editor is about more than credentials, cost, and schedule. Here’s a printable list of 15 points you can use when interviewing candidates.
Publishing Project Checklist & Timeline
Use this printable checklist, scheduler, and glossary to plan your publishing project and keep it on track. No matter whether
Why Editing Matters in Self-Publishing
Today, for my Canadian, Eh? column at Copyediting.com, I spoke with award nominee Clare Marshall about self-publishing her shortlisted YA scifi title Dreams in Her
Conference report: Communication Central 2014
Two roundups from the Communication Central conference. Several print and tech resources for writers and editors, as well as efficiency
Does editing matter?
Do typos hurt sales? Are the potential losses worth the cost of editing? A colleague recently called for a defensible
When Lives Depend on the Words
How to deal with the emotional and legal risks of working on words that could save, or cost, or
Ten Signs of “Lifted” Text
Ten telltales that will alert you to the need to “freshen up” some of the prose — reblogged by ACES.
Where Is the Next Trend in Publishing?
Last week I shared advice about unplanning your career, gleaned from David Hayes at the EAC conference in Toronto. The
EAC 2014 — editors’ conference report
Thanks to social media, I got insights from sessions I couldn’t clone myself to be in, and took notes and