The list of volunteer editors is daunting---there are so many!
There really isn't enough information listed by most editors for me to determine that there would be a good fit.
I'm getting much better at editing basic errors in my text than I was at first. I used to hurry a story to submission. Now I sit on it for a week and go back over it a number of times. Unfortunately, today I broke my new rule and rushed a story to submission with some technical flaws; it was still a good story, but not, 'perfect'.
Character development, story build and setting the scene---that's what I do; I'm not sure I want a stranger messing with it too much, unless it just doesn't seem to work.
I believe I need a 'basic' editor to deal with simple typos and such.
While my wife has been helpful, as in, 'Maggie Climbs the Corporate Ladder', in helping me, 'think like a woman' when I choose to write from the woman's perspective, she can only provide, 'her' woman's perspective.
So, I guess I'm looking for two editors:
One with a, 'proof reading' mentality.
A second one who can evaluate my, 'woman's perspective' themes. My female characters tend to be strong, confident and comfortable with their own sexuality. They range in age from late 20's to late 40's.
There really isn't enough information listed by most editors for me to determine that there would be a good fit.
I'm getting much better at editing basic errors in my text than I was at first. I used to hurry a story to submission. Now I sit on it for a week and go back over it a number of times. Unfortunately, today I broke my new rule and rushed a story to submission with some technical flaws; it was still a good story, but not, 'perfect'.
Character development, story build and setting the scene---that's what I do; I'm not sure I want a stranger messing with it too much, unless it just doesn't seem to work.
I believe I need a 'basic' editor to deal with simple typos and such.
While my wife has been helpful, as in, 'Maggie Climbs the Corporate Ladder', in helping me, 'think like a woman' when I choose to write from the woman's perspective, she can only provide, 'her' woman's perspective.
So, I guess I'm looking for two editors:
One with a, 'proof reading' mentality.
A second one who can evaluate my, 'woman's perspective' themes. My female characters tend to be strong, confident and comfortable with their own sexuality. They range in age from late 20's to late 40's.
