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Happy Career Milestone!

 

This month, new book releases have provided me with my first editing credits.

When I was asked recently to do “real” editing, I was hesitant. Should I accept payment for providing a service that I am not “trained” nor “licensed” to provide? I mean, Me? Edit!? No way…I barely remember what a participle is, let alone how to avoid dangling one.

A bit of research and discussions with editor friends helped me decide that yes, I could transition from reader-critique to p...