For me, as for most people, 'Uncle Google' is
a life saver…
And I was back at the computer again,
searching for someone who would be willing to go through my Diamond in the
Rough’.
This time I was looking for freelance editors,
and I found some through Google and also through Goodreads.
I also decided (can you believe it?) that I would
listen to good advice from people who had been in this business much longer
than me.
The advice I gathered from a variety of
writers’ groups included:
- take your time
- get sample edits
- choose the editor who, your gut feels, is
the one you could work with.
And so I:
- took my time and contacted a range of
editors
- asked for sample edits, and read these
thoroughly
and
- faced another problem. There were two editors
who I felt I could really work with, but I had to make a decision.
I won't lie, it was a hard decision, but in
the end I chose my lovely editor Alison Williams, who did really wonderful
work.
You can find her web page here: https://alisonwilliamswriting.wordpress.com/
She edited, provided five pages of editorial
feedback and, oh wow, quite some work to do afterwards.
Of course I didn’t agree with everything she
suggested (sorry Alison) but most of her remarks were helpful and, after a second
edit, I was finally ready to submit my manuscript to publishers.
I felt much more confident than before - until
I realised that I’d made another grave mistake…
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