Helen W. Mallon, Writer

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so you want to be a writer: On Being Edited

Paperback Writer: Editor No-Nos

Ten things “editors probably shouldn’t do to their authors”.

The Americanization of novels at Deanna Hoak

Should spelling, punctuation and other aspects of UK novels be changed for the US market?

lowebrow: Porous boundaries

On re-editing work after publication.

Author query: The good and the bad of copyediting at Deanna Hoak

What authors love and hate about copyediting.

See also Understanding your copyedited manuscript, same blog.

From John Baker’s blog:

“The Mahablog reports on the state of publishing:

Over the years more and more of the editorial functions have been outsourced or subcontracted, however. Today most copyediting and proofreading are freelanced, and good luck finding competent people who have received real training. Increasingly even manuscript development and substantive editing are freelanced, or subcontracted to a book packager. It is not unusual for a book to be published without anyone on the publisher’s regular payroll actually reading it.

This is a long but interesting piece. Go take a look.”

Direct link to the Mahablog posting is here.

Flogging the Quill: Edit: a good beginning that can be better

Free edit in exchange for posting permission. You send a sample that
you have questions about and of which you’d like an edit. I won’t post
it without your permission.