As a few of you know, I've been working on the third book in my "Thirsting for Blood" series. And as ALL of you should know, most serious writers use editors. Since I had no publisher with my first novel, I had to find one on my own. I scoured the internet found a handful, took advantage of their sample edits and secured one who was head over heels the best editor I could ever hope for. She was also a part of a network and guaranteed a 2% error rate (or your money back,) which of course is nice.
Because of the phenomenal job she did, I could concentrate on the story. For anyone interested her name is Arlene W. Robinson. Also, for anyone interested, I used her with Electric Angel as well.
"But Sue, you're a published author? Doesn't your publisher provide an edit for you? I can't believe you're still putting out money for edits."
My current publisher does indeed edit most of the stories he publishes but he is one person doing EVERYTHING! Most Independent Publishers can't afford to hire the kind of editors most writers need to make their work shine. Therefore I go out on my own. No. I don't have the money to do this. I consider it an investment.
My second publisher did do the edit for Forever Richard so YAY I didn't have to pay for that one. But they were small at the time and did have a group of editors to work on each book they put out. As you're well aware, Forever Richard racked up several accolades before that publisher fell to the "non-industry standard/Industry Standard" return policy.
Well here I am now, pushing to finish up my third book in the series and I'm once again looking. I LOVE Arlene but she's a very, very, very busy lady these days. My second editor stopped publishing so I doubt she edits anymore . . . . but wait a minute!!!! I contacted her on a whim and it turns out she'd be more than happy to help me and is available.
What? What? What?
Happy dance all around!!!!
Yeah, it'd be great not to have to pay for my edits and get the quality job I need. But since mainstream publishers are the only ones who can afford this, I doubt that's gonna happen anytime soon.
But yay me and yay to you, my fans!!!!
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