The Chicago Manual of Style is the American English style guide most widely used in the publishing industry. Using it to guide your choices for your manuscript makes your book look professional.
If you're writing a series of books but you're not happy with your current editor, here are three tips for changing editors in the middle of everything to make the transition seamless.
If your author-editor relationship isn't what it should be, it might be time to move on. Here are 7 signs to look for that signal it's time to fire your editor.
If you're struggling to figure out how to afford to hire an editor for you book, here are a few suggestions for what you can do to either raise the scratch or do it yourself.
Out of the top-ten list of issues I most frequently identify in a manuscript assessment, head-hopping hovers in the first three. Let's take a look at it (yes, one more time for y'all in the back) and explore reasons why it's not the best POV choice for a book.
What's a manuscript assessment, and what does it do? Also called a manuscript critique or evaluation, learn more about this special kind of edit, how it's different from a developmental edit, and ways it can improve your book.
Straight from an agent session at the Women in Publishing conference, here are some mistakes that could cause an agent to reject your manuscript before they even read past the first page.
There are a lot of falsehoods about editing and editors floating around the internet and even in well-meaning writing groups that just shouldn't be taken as fact. Here are five of the most common—and the truth about each one.
Tips for properly preparing your manuscript for editing, which will make your editor's job easier and your edit more accurate, right from the start.
Editing is not where you want to skimp on quality. This post will help you establish the right budget for editing your book through tips on what's included in a cost estimate, how most editors charge, how you'll be expected to pay for services, and ways you can make your budget stretch.
