Sentences with phrase «copyeditors on»

Due to the fact that half of my novel is set in Australia, I was excited to see Australian copyeditors on the Reedsy marketplace.

Traditional publishers NEVER have copyeditors on staff.

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Depending on the package you choose, your production editor will select the perfect writer, image researcher, cover designer, interior designer, web designer, developmental editor, copyeditor, proofreader, and marketing strategist for you.

The copyeditor (normally freelance out of the office) will go through it much later on, but the only person who actually reads your novel is the editor.

Also, on a more trivial note, I found quite a few grammatical errors and typos, but I know this person uses several copyeditors.

I think maybe the fact that self - published authors need to spend more time on the stories rather than market is perhaps to balance out the fact that under traditional publishing, there'd be a team of editor / copyeditor / agent / etc helping with the writing bit, but self - published authors, unless they outsource, are on their own for all of that.

For that reason, when submitting a book for publication, I would recommend utilizing the services of a human copyeditor and not relying solely on a computer's functionality.

So, to make a sweeping and totally reductive generalization, the job of an editor is to help you tell a better story, and the job of a copyeditor is to make sure the grammar on every page is correct.

(Note that for some non-fiction books, acceptance is also contingent upon legal review of the manuscript) and it moves on to be the copyeditor, to be copyedited.

I advise on hiring a copyeditor to tighten things up on a broader level, and a proofreader to catch typos and punctuation that may have slipped through the cracks.

But I and many of my other author friends treat this professionally and hire a reputable cover artist (mine is used by traditional houses); hire a developmental / content editor AND a copyeditor AND one or more proofreaders (many of whom are from traditional houses and are working on the side); and hire a professional formatter.

Or if our developmental editor also touches on line editing aspects, we may want to look for a copyeditor who overlaps with line editing and skip a dedicated line editor.

But generally I'm also working on another phase of another project while my book is with betas or with the copyeditor.

While much depends on what level of editing your manuscript has already undergone, for most authors, I recommend seeking a formal copyedit: you send the manuscript to a professional freelance copyeditor, who will focus on style, grammar, and consistency issues — and might possibly do light fact - checking if needed (very useful for nonfiction).

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I will attempt to get started on it once I had Debts of My Fathers off to the beta readers, and I will want to finish it before I send Debts to the copyeditor.

In fact, many of our authors receive a complimentary «spec edit» on the first 1,000 words of their manuscript so they can see first - hand what a paid copyeditor could do to improve their entire book.

We work in conjunction with the editorial director and managing editor to carefully select the developmental editor, copyeditor, and proofreader who will work on your project, making sure they are well matched to your material and that their personal style will make for a good working relationship with you.

I am a copyeditor here at Castle Gate, but I cut my teeth on a college newspaper.

Copy Editors For copyediting on my Mindjack Trilogy, I got several recommendations from the Kindle Boards, requested sample edits, and went with Anne of Victory Editing because she did solid work and seemed to «get» my prose — something not to be underestimated when a copyeditor is going through and trying to remove every sentence that starts with «But.»

I believe it may be beyond the patience of many writers to successfully use — given that even mainstream publishers rely on freelance copyeditors to apply Chicago consistently.

• Managed team of eight freelance reporters to produce four regional editions each month, focused on specific construction markets.1 / 85 — 6/94 Editor, American Nurseryman magazine, Chicago, IL (hired as copyeditor 1985, promoted to assistant editor 1985, promoted to associate editor 1986, promoted to sr. feature editor 1989, promoted to chief editor 1992).

It's fine if a company just wants to publish links on Twitter, but it will take a relationship with a person at that company to reach your goals,» says Erin Brenner, an experienced copyeditor who uses social media to find jobs and for third - party recruiting.

Professional proofreaders and copyeditors are just like you and me — they put their pants on one leg at a time in the morning, and they don't possess magical superpowers that allow them to spot typos ordinary people can't see.