Several of
my copy editor friends blanch at the idea of getting involved at all in an author's content.
Not exact matches
Copy editor Rusty Blackwell hauled four
friends — three of whom were more than six feet tall — five hundred miles to Boyne Mountain for Saint Patrick's Day.
COPY EDITOR CYNTHIA L. OROSCO: This Subie got a lot of looks over the weekend from family and
friends at a party.
My
friends were newspapermen, my girlfriends were often
copy editors (very sharp, very sweet), and I was what they called a newspaperwoman.
I am more likely to take my car to a mechanic a
friend recommends, for instance, and if Friedlander or Sargent has worked with a particular
copy editor and is happy with that person's work, I would like to know.
My graphic artist
friend designed the cover, another
friend hooked me up with a formatter, I hired a
copy editor and I learned to upload.
So when my good
friend and bad - ass
editor Scott Morgan asked me to read an advanced
copy of his book, How to be a Whiny Beeyotch, 71 Writing Excuses Meet the Back of my Hand, you had better believe that I jumped on the chance.
A family member or a
friend who is «good at English» is not a substitute for a
copy editor.
While I didn't use his
copy editor (I used a
friend of a
friend who currently works at a big publishing house), he and other
editors in his group can suggest people.
These people are heavily promoting moving beyond having a
friend read your manuscript to hiring trained, experienced
editors for both developmental and
copy editing, finding skilled people to provide quality covers, etc..
Your
friends and relatives are not professional
copy editors or proofreaders, and they won't be able to spot the mistakes that a professional would.
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