Not exact matches
Now
as a freelance
developmental editor and consultant, Jim has helped many
writers of both fiction and non-fiction bring a work in progress through to publication.
Many
writers like to go to the next step, working with me
as their
developmental editor.
As a
developmental editor, ghost -
writer, and publishing consultant, Hal has helped over 100 authors develop successful books, including several national bestsellers.
While I mostly work
as a copyeditor, the following short advice could just
as well apply to
writers seeking
developmental editors too.
Join Carolyn - Howard Johnson (author of the HowToDoItFrugally series), Joel Friedlander (proprietor of Marin Bookworks), Laurel Marshfield (professional
writer, ghostwriter, and
developmental editor), Phyllis Zimbler Miller (co-founder of Miller Mosaic Power Marketing) and Penny C. Sansevieri (CEO of Author Marketing Experts, Inc.)
as they discuss twitter tactics and their experiences from the world of twitter.
As the
writer behind eight national bestsellers and the
writer or
developmental editor behind over a hundred successful health - related titles, I help my authors create books that stand out and advance their careers.
Writer, coach, and
developmental editor, Nomi specializes in collaboration and ghostwriting,
as well
as guiding authors through the process of writing their own books.
As a longtime
developmental editor, I often get questions from authors about the
editor -
writer relationship.
Developmental editors should never try to take control of the process, consider themselves
as co-author, or go with the
writer on a book signing tour.
C.S. Plocher has been part of the publishing world for the past decade
as a copyeditor, proofreader, grant
writer,
developmental editor, researcher, beta reader, and
writer.
(Full disclosure, I do provide
developmental editing services, but this is not a pitch for business... these are opinions I've come to after years of working in publishing, both
as a
writer and an
editor.)
Many
writers I've worked with
as a
developmental editor have taken my suggestions for rewriting passages in a reprint edition, holding themselves to a high standard, seeing stylistic or structural changes that could improve the book.
As a
developmental editor for both established and new
writers, I know that revision, pruning, reorganizing and polishing is the heart blood of the creative process.
The
developmental editor doesn't fix those issues for you (and if you're looking for someone who will, what you really want is a ghost
writer — I do that
as well).
Here are some of the valuable nuggets of advice she offers
writers, each followed by a few notes from my own perspective
as a
developmental editor.