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Editing Part 1 – What is editing?

Kit Carstairs · October 17, 2017 · 2 Comments

Editing is a job that is mostly misrepresented and overwhelmingly misunderstood. Behind most great works of literature is a dedicated editor. As an editor one of the most frustrating misconceptions about our role is that we simply fix spelling and punctuation errors. In fact, … [Read more...] about Editing Part 1 – What is editing?

Filed Under: All About Editing, Getting Published, Non-fiction, Self Publishing Tagged With: appraisals, Books, copy editing, editing, editors, Grammar, literature, manuscript critique, manuscripts, novel writing, Publishing Houses, spelling and punctuation, structural editing, Writing

Part 1: Approach an agent or a publisher…what to do?

Kit Carstairs · April 2, 2017 · Leave a Comment

I get asked this question a lot. And my general response is to say that it is a personal choice. Once you have completed your manuscript (MS), edited it and perfected it (and potentially sought professional manuscript development), there are four pathways (as I see it) open to … [Read more...] about Part 1: Approach an agent or a publisher…what to do?

Filed Under: Getting Published Tagged With: Approaching a publisher, Approaching an agent, manuscripts, publishing, Publishing Agents, Publishing Houses, Writing

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