Hire an Editor, Dumbass

Yeah, I'm talking to you, indie author.
Having your mom read over your manuscript isn't good enough. Trust me, I speak from experience. Moms are great at a lot of things, but picking apart their child's work isn't one of them.
My first two books were very, very poorly edited. I did hire someone, but he was overworked and didn't do a particularly good job. I found Cynthia through the mega douche Elle Casey's Facebook page. She was an aspiring editor at the time, so I took a chance and gave her my novel THE GATE. The rest, as they say, is history.
She has worked on all of my novels since. Cynthia offers a plethora of options if money is an issue for you, but I would recommend getting the Detailed Copy Editing and Proofreading Package. It will really cut down on the amount of typos that make it into your final manuscript.
I would also recommend getting a few sharp-eyed beta readers. No single person can comb through a 100k word manuscript and find every error. It's not going to happen. Even if your editor has a 99.9% accuracy, that would still leave a hundred problems with your book. Don't dick around with this. Again, I speak from experience.
If it sounds like I'm shilling for Cynthia, it's because I am. She rocks.
Actually, I don't even know if this counts as shilling... I'm outright telling you to use her service without pretending to be unbiased.
Whatever. Go hire her.
Shut up.
Published on July 19, 2013 07:11
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