Not exact matches
The development of extraordinary new technologies for genome
editing, optogenetics (the use of light to control living cells) and the rapid creation of peptides (
small chains of amino acids) for therapeutic compounds are just a
few examples of the cutting edge research being conducted by the 2017 National Finalists in Life Sciences.
As much as I love the idea of having this perfectly
edited wardrobe with a
few high - quality basics and just a
small (ish) collection of unique pieces that make me look impossibly chic all the time, I'm just not cut out for it.
If you make a
few small errors, don't worry — these can be
edited later.
As a freelancer who
edits for a
few small presses, I know how erratic it can be, but that isn't always the editor's fault.
The other stages of the process — line
editing and copy
editing — involve
smaller changes, a
few sentences here or a word there.
-LSB-...] other stages of the process — line
editing and copy
editing — involve
smaller changes, a
few sentences here or a word there.
My attempt to restore this weekly feature on my blog was thwarted a
few months into the year by a series of challenging, distressing, exhilarating, and generally overwhelming events — from
editing a new speculative fiction anthology to the death of my mother - in - law, from a six - week home renovation to a partial roof collapse at my place of employment that caused 100 - hour work weeks, from caring for a sick bunny (he's better now, thankfully) to building a new website for one of the
small - press publishers I work with.
I often get contacted for
editing by authors who have previously published a
few novels, either on their own or through a
small publisher with limited resources for
editing.
I have more than fifteen years of
editing experience, from
small - scale projects of just a
few pages to full - length books.
While the author is still hiring these professionals for various aspects of book publishing — such as
editing, marketing, or cover design, to name a
few — the cost to hire these professionals is
smaller because they will later earn a portion of the royalties.
Granted that
few non-experts (such as I) will be interested enough in taxation to go to the (
small) trouble of joining, there is still the real possibility of bad
edits, whether well - intentioned or not.