Indie author/self-editor
When we write, we edit. Everyone does it - put it down, re-read, change it. Whether it's a text message, email, the shopping list or a novel, we (hopefully) improve what we put down by editing. I write novels, not long fantasy tomes of 175,000 words. Mine are considered novels because they exceed 60,000 words. I generally come in between 70,000 and 80,000 words, depending on how long it takes me to get the story down. Even at that modest length there's a lot of editing in one of my novels and I have been painfully aware that there are a lot of skills a trained editor has that I do not. Solution? Do an editing course. Oh woe the day in February that I signed up for a year of long-distance torture. I live out of the city you see and going to daily classes just wasn't an option. I had done my first degree by distance education and thought what the heck, I can do it again. Idiot. My course in editing and publishing is all online which I can cope with. You don't ...