I really don’t mean to be a snob about indie and self-publishing but professional editing makes an immense difference and I can feel its absence within about three pages. Editors at the big 5 are very good at their jobs. 🫣 #bookstodon@bookstodon
@jillrhudy@bookstodon I would agree. I wanted to get traditionally published, to get access to the insights and skills of professional editors. But couldn't.
I could have paid, of course, but I would be paying thousands of pounds, and I would never see that back.
for 10 years now, I have been mouthing off about how the one thing that would most improve the average blog, the one thing that every blogger actually really needs, is an editor un afraid of the red pencil or of re arranging grafs to avoid the oh so common error of bury the lede
surely, somewhere, there are dozens if not 100s of retired or laid off editors and copy editors who might want to volunteer to edit blogs, or volunteer at least part time
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