20/02/2013 – I have an editor, his name is Jim

I took a leap of faith and sent the first four chapters of “The Vampire Code” to an editor from Seattle on the understanding that he’ll do those and if I like his work, we’ll do the rest of the book. I’m excited to finally run the manuscript through a professional. As one might expect, I totally Googled the guy and have full faith in my choice, but I’m still nervous. Will he get it? I mean, to begin with, my target audience is female and he’s male. (Come to think of it, he’s going to be the first man to read the book.) I guess I’ll know in a week’s time.

If any writers and aspiring novelists are reading this, Jim (that’s his name), gave me a link which you might find useful as it gives you an idea of the cost of freelance editing. http://www.the-efa.org/res/rates.php/. I’m also told another good site to visit is http://pred-ed.com/, where writers get to name and shame bad editors / scammers. I’d definitely run a search on this site if you found your editor online and not through a personal recommendation.