I Don't Have an Editor

I can already hear you guys shouting at me and telling me that I'm doing something wrong... that because I don't have an editor my writing is going to suck and any chance I have of a real writing career is just going to flop.




You know, I can hear you, and I'm taking on board everything that you're saying... but sometimes I feel like people are being very patronising, I feel like I'm a child who's being told that they're not allowed the cookie because they're drawing outside of the lines...




Also, will people just shut up about telling me how to do my own thing. I wish these people who spoke because they have nothing else to do would be quiet, they're getting in the way of someone telling me something that could actually be useful.




I do not want a bunch of "you're great" in life, I don't hate the people that do this, in fact, I love the people who do this, I write for these people... and the people who says "there were a few errors" these are the people that I am constantly trying harder to be a better writer for. Right now, in life, I have a pretty perfect balance... but I don't have an editor.




I know that having an editor is somewhat a prerequisite for an indie author, and yeah, I'd love to have one... I just can't afford an editor right now... but that doesn't mean that I'm not allowed to publish... heck, if that was the case I doubt half the people who were self-published would even have done so.




I'm not going to say that I do not need an editor. That would be stupid, of course I need one, every writer NEEDS one, it's just I didn't want one... and since publishing Lumen a couple of weeks ago, I've realised that it's in my interests to have an editor, or at least someone to proof my work, and perhaps give me suggestions.




I don't like being told what to do which is why I originally hated the idea of having an editor, also, I can't afford an editor, I can't afford to get frustrated at someone who's telling me to do something. Yes, if someone says "there's an error here, and there" I will be forever in your debt, if someone has criticism, please, don't hold back, I'd hate for you to hold some weird "oh, he did this and that, and such a thing wrong in his book" over me... so speak your mind, just don't be a dick.




Do you think that's its an absolute career killer if I don't have an editor or proofreader at my side right away so that I don't publish something that could fatally wound a bunch of people that vow never to read my writing... or should I just keep doing what I'm doing? I don't know, but you might have something to say.





Joseph Eastwood




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