Fantasy stories, books, and tips for new writers

So you finished writing a book. Congratulations! And now sit down and let’s get to work. If you’ve been following me on this series, you already know that there are four levels of editing a book needs to go through to make sure it’s polished and ready to be viewed by the naked eye: Developmental Editing Line Editing Copyediting Proofreading Ideally, you’d hire professional editors to help you with all these editorial processes, but what if you don’t have the funds? I’ve got y

So you’ve finished writing your manuscript, thinking that the hard work is behind you, but then it comes creeping up from the shadows like a hungry trash-panda at night: editing. If you’ve followed me along for this series of articles, you’ll know by now that editing isn’t a one-and-done process but a series of revisions and polishing work your book needs before it is ready to be viewed by the naked eye. This series of revisions consists of: Developmental Editing Line Editing

You sat on your bum, wrote consistently, tuned into your inspiration, planned, plotted, pantsed, and danced around to summon the muses (or just built a habit, because muses can't be trusted), and finished a book. And now comes the real work—editing. But there are multiple levels of editing, and not all writers can hire a professional editor (not to mention 4 of them). So how can you self-edit on a budget? In the previous post, we talked about developmental editing on a budget