Comments on: Need an Editor? http://katrinastonoff.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/need-an-editor/ Where I Throw Everything Into a Pot...and Simmer Sun, 20 Dec 2009 23:04:33 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Cliff Burns http://katrinastonoff.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/need-an-editor/#comment-2023 Cliff Burns Sat, 03 May 2008 14:03:20 +0000 http://katrinastonoff.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/need-an-editor/#comment-2023 Be CAREFUL going after editors who advertise in the back of writing magazines--do you want a mercenary with no background in the type of writing you do mangling your manuscript, leading you in directions you don't want to go? Here in Canada we have professional writing organizations you can join and they often have an editing or mentoring service--does your state or region not have the same? Just a suggestion. My own view is that a writer should work and grind away on a manuscript until it's at the point where all it really requires is a bit of copyediting, in case you misspelled words or repeated a particular phrase throughout the manuscript. I spent more than three years writing and revising my novel SO DARK THE NIGHT (just posted to my site for free reading and downloading) and while that time frame was daunting and the work horrifically hard, I'm satisfied those efforts were more than worth it. And my readers seem to agree... Be CAREFUL going after editors who advertise in the back of writing magazines–do you want a mercenary with no background in the type of writing you do mangling your manuscript, leading you in directions you don’t want to go? Here in Canada we have professional writing organizations you can join and they often have an editing or mentoring service–does your state or region not have the same? Just a suggestion.

My own view is that a writer should work and grind away on a manuscript until it’s at the point where all it really requires is a bit of copyediting, in case you misspelled words or repeated a particular phrase throughout the manuscript. I spent more than three years writing and revising my novel SO DARK THE NIGHT (just posted to my site for free reading and downloading) and while that time frame was daunting and the work horrifically hard, I’m satisfied those efforts were more than worth it. And my readers seem to agree…

]]> By: katrinastonoff http://katrinastonoff.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/need-an-editor/#comment-1182 katrinastonoff Thu, 24 Jan 2008 20:28:39 +0000 http://katrinastonoff.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/need-an-editor/#comment-1182 LOL. I can do it in my blog and sometimes in my novels (I have a very breezy writing style, even there). But in context with an editor? Nope. Couldn't do it. Erin's wonderful. You would enjoy working with her (and learn a lot too). LOL. I can do it in my blog and sometimes in my novels (I have a very breezy writing style, even there). But in context with an editor? Nope. Couldn’t do it.

Erin’s wonderful. You would enjoy working with her (and learn a lot too).

]]> By: Diane http://katrinastonoff.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/need-an-editor/#comment-1166 Diane Wed, 23 Jan 2008 18:25:56 +0000 http://katrinastonoff.wordpress.com/2008/01/22/need-an-editor/#comment-1166 Haha! I can't dangle prepositions either, even though they say it's perfectly acceptable now. I'll rewrite a sentence to death before I let it happen most times, but every now and then I force myself to do it. Hmm. I'll have to set this editor's name aside - thanks for passing her on! Haha! I can’t dangle prepositions either, even though they say it’s perfectly acceptable now. I’ll rewrite a sentence to death before I let it happen most times, but every now and then I force myself to do it.

Hmm. I’ll have to set this editor’s name aside – thanks for passing her on!

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