Sentences with phrase «works as a professional editor»

Lynne currently works as a professional editor and proofreader.

I also work as a professional editor and I wish more of my clients did as well.

I've worked as a professional editor and writer for over thirty years and am a member of the Editorial Freelancers Association.

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As a professional editor, she has worked closely with notable child development specialists, editing their books.

well said, all the media attacking the internet and bloggers, leave it the professionals with editors they say, as if that ever stopped them before, all involved weren't just amateur bloggers but political activists / public relations people who worked for the partys at one time.

As a law enforcement professional, I agree that the actions of The Journal News were 100 % wrong and place countless people at risk, but how does the Rockland County Times justify publishing the names and addresses of these security officers working for the executive editors?

All told, Pelley and his team's distinguished body of work have received a DuPont - Columbia Silver Baton, three George Foster Peabody awards, 20 national Emmy awards, five Edward R. Murrow awards, a George Polk and a Loeb award, as well as honors from the Society of Professional Journalists, Investigative Reporters and Editors and the Writers Guild of America.

The trailer was made by one Michael Horwitz (a professional trailer editor, who has worked on trailers for games such as The Last of Us, Uncharted 3, Battlefield Hardline, and more), and used for a sales presentation.

With more than 15 years working as a professional writer and editor, master's candidate Michelle «Billie» Fitzpatrick began to think about children and their struggles to learn the craft of writing.

I parted company with HarperCollins after my last book launch and have since taken back control of not just «brand Polly Courtney» but all the component parts of the publishing process: editing (I use a professional freelance editor as well as crowd - sourced readers) and cover design (I work directly with a designer, who has also worked on the second editions for my first two novels), production and distribution (I use Troubador Publishing) as well as promotion — which I'm finding far easier to do now that I'm proud of the product I'm promoting!

Next a professional editor with real - world experience needs to work it over for sense and continuity — in other words, substantively — as well as giving it the copy editor treatment.

And increasingly, agents today expect you to have worked with a professional editor before you submit; as well, they may want a marketing platform outlined and included along with your submission.

I have yet to try to publish anything other than articles but as I work on my draft of my first book, I cringe at the thought of the cost of a professional editor.

With so much talk in recent news about the poor quality of indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget that the traditional publishing industry has its fair share of mistakes, too.

With so much talk in recent news about the poor quality of indie authors» works and data that shows that only about 59 % of self - published authors go so far as to pay a professional editor before hitting that publish button, it's easy to forget... [Read more...]

Midnight Publishing (and a plethora of other professional editors) utilize Microsoft Word — and specifically the track changes feature under the review tab — to edit your work, changing the content within the manuscript as well as adding additional comments in the margins.

Even authors who use a professional editor will want to ensure that their work is as good as they can make it before submitting it to the editor.

A competent, professional editor — meaning someone with training, professional experience, or both — will create a style sheet as they edit your work.

If they're getting bad reviews on Amazon for an early work and a professional editor suggests it would be a good idea to get it edited, why would they leave it up as it is?

Using a style sheet will help you to edit your own work more effectively, just as it helps professional editors edit other people's work more effectively.

When costs are listed, they often exceed the amount the author would have to pay to self - publish the work - meaning the author could hire a professional cover designer, developmental editor and copy editor... and still not pay as much these contracts require.

With affordable printing that leaves room to profit, get distribution and work with professionals such as editors, cover designers and formatters to produce a book that rivals any trade published book.

Our editors are carefully selected, with at least ten years of professional experience working directly with publishers, literary agents, various publications - as well as having published their own work.

To vote, you must be a professional working in the comics or related industries as a creator (writer, artist, cartoonist, colorist, letterer), a publisher or editor, a retailer (comics store owner or manager), a graphic novels librarian, or a comics historian / educator.

The other advantage, less tangible, as many have recognized here, is the amount learnt by working with professional editors etc..

I hired a distant relative who works as a copy editor for Harcourt and he helped me make it more professional.

But from what your agent has requested I'd recommend that before sending anything back to him, you consider hiring a professional developmental editor to help you put together a proper proposal and, most importantly, to work with you on revising the manuscript to develop the narrative arc, your character and other elements as necessary to bring it to the level an agent and publisher would expect.

This program is a discussion of how professional editors from the industry's most prestigious publishers work with authors to make awesome comics and graphic novels as well as what else goes into an editor's job.

Jim is a professional member of the Society for Editors and Proofreaders and works as a book editor at a company called Novel Gazing.

«Other professional editors have described the work Jessie did on my novels as «flawless.»

The idea seems extremely attractive to someone who works in isolation (as we all do), and who relies — when he can afford it — on professional editors for the help you describe.

There are plenty of Indie published books edited by former editors from Big 5 publishers as well as by other highly trained freelance professional editors, with the resulting works enhancing the author's reputation and possibly the sales of their next book.

«A professional editor strives to preserve the author's voice and to work with the author as a colleague, not to dictate fusty old grammatical rules that do nothing except get the author's shorts in a bunch.

I hired the same professionals — editor, proofreader, book designer, cover designer — that publishers use (they are often freelancers these days) and could work directly with them without the publisher as an intermediary.

I am passionate about fiction and editing, so I am using my background in professional writing to support my goal of working as an editor of Christian fiction.

Revise & Resub (#RevPit) is a Twitter writing community co-founded by a group of editors in 2017 that supports authors by offering editing - focused chats and mini-events throughout the year as well as an annual contest wherein querying authors can win feedback and edits on their full manuscripts from professional editors, ensuring their works are polished and ready for agent inboxes.

She is also a professional writer, editor and editorial manager with more than twenty years of experience in the media and publishing industries and has worked for such prestigious editorial brands as CBS and Forbes.

While the folks at Reedsy admit that their «objective was not to be representative of the self - publishing business as a whole, but of the cost of working with top professionals, the likes of Neil Gaiman's editor, Stephen King's designer, etc. who are the top talents available on Reedsy.»

Working with an editor who has a preference from romance novels was as important to me as their professional backgrounds, which is why I was so happy Reedsy permitted me to search for editors with specific keywords.

After spending fifteen years as a writer and editor doing side jobs, seven years as a graphic designer, and four years in literary organizations working with authors, she launched Creative Collaborations in June 2011, her dream - come - true business focused on professional editing, cover and interior book design, website and graphic design, and facilitation of the self - publishing process.

It supports authors by offering editing - focused chats and mini-events throughout the year as well as an annual contest wherein querying authors can win feedback and edits on their full manuscripts from professional editors, ensuring their works are polished and ready for agent inboxes.

In working towards these goals as an independent author over the last 3.5 years, I have used business partnerships with professional editors, book cover designers and formatters.

Ideally, he'd hire an editor and copy - editor to make his work as professional as possible, he says.

Her professional experience includes work in executive administration and serving as a resume editor, specializing in military transition clients.

Her experience is varied and includes developing and implementing training programs for dog owners and veterinary professionals; working as a research assistant on several canine behavioral genetics projects at the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior, at the University of Pennsylvania's School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry; serving as editor for a scientific working group tasked with establishing consensus - based best practices for the use of canine / handler detection teams and setting standards for their certification; serving as the first editorial assistant for the Journal of Veterinary Behavior: Clinical Applications and Research; co-authoring more than 10 peer - reviewed publications and owning and operating a home - based editing business.

She also served for many years as editor for both the IAABC and Association of Professional Dog Trainers» journals, as well as working for several years for the APDT.

Her professional background includes working as executive editor for a South Florida magazine and as editorial department manager for an affiliate marketing company.

Many people think they can write, but you don't know until you challenge yourself with genuine serious feedback from professionals, such as editors and working journalists.

The trailer was made by one Michael Horwitz (a professional trailer editor, who has worked on trailers for games such as The Last of Us, Uncharted 3, Battlefield Hardline, and more), and used for a sales presentation.