For the second time since I began my book-publishing quest, I’ve found myself copyediting my own work, and sending lists of my mistakes to the so-called editor … Is this really the way it works? The problem is that I don’t have complete confidence in myself as an editor. I’m supposed to be the writer! The editor is my back-up, someone I can count on to fix up my text … Has this relationship died in recent years? I do envy writers who have a good editor! And publisher!
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Copyediting Hell!
Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011More Editing Nightmares …
Monday, July 18th, 2011Is it me, or do other writers come across editors who simply don’t respect them? By this, I mean editors who take a writer’s precious work and words and make changes, without any sort of indication. So, you get your manuscript back from this so-called editorial expert, and realize there are changes buried here and there … a word distorted, a ridiculous bit of punctuation … This is my second time experiencing this as I try to get my book, Lost and Found in London, published … I’m going to complain to the editorial higher ups. It must be stopped! Write on!
