Ever wonder how much editing costs? The cost of editing is by far the question authors ask me about most often. I feel a little like I’m giving away a trade secret by talking about this, but in reality, the average cost of editing can be found on many sites, and it’s almost impossible to predict because […]

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I’m often surprised by how much confusion there is around editing in the world of writers. Not only is there occasionally animosity between writers and editors (editors make suggestions to change our work, after all), but there also seems to be a distinct lack of clarity when it comes to exactly what it is that […]

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Last week I sent an email to a co-worker with a typo in the subject line, and she gleefully let me know about it the next time we spoke on the phone: Co-worker: “I love it when you make typos.” Me: “What?! Why?” Co-worker: “Because, you’re an editor and you make typos. It makes me […]

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been editing (and editing, and editing, and editing) two short stories that I plan to submit to a journal. For my final two passes this week I focused exclusively on polishing my grammar and punctuation to perfection, and discovered something strange: I go through punctuation phases. Does this happen […]

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