Should you work with an editor?
The Editing Podcast · Louise Harnby (fiction editor) and Denise Cowle (non-fiction editor)
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Show Notes
In this episode of The Editing Podcast, Denise and Louise look at why you might want to invest in hiring an editor rather than doing it all yourself.
Listen to find out more about:
- Time restrictions
- Losing your mojo
- Fresh eyes
- Professional training and experience
Editing bites
- On Writing by Stephen King (Hodder, 2012)
- Links to professional editorial societies (worldwide)
Other resources
- Is hiring a developmental editor cheating? (Molly McCowan)
- Why the Grammar Police aren’t cool (Denise Cowle)
- What makes a good fiction editor? (Louise Harnby)
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Denise and Louise
- Denise Cowle Editorial Services (non-fiction)
- Louise Harnby | Proofreader & Copyeditor (fiction)
Music credit
‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/