wulfginn:

A very Important point Theo made please take a read he is a exceptional experienced editor well in my opinion that is.

Originally posted on Theo Fenraven:

You���ve written a book. You���ve had it beta���d, you���ve gone over it yourself several times and fixed all the obvious garbage (typos, punctuation, awkward sentences, etc., and if you haven���t done this, shame on you), and now it���s time to submit it to a publisher. Or perhaps you���ve decided to self-pub. Either way, your manuscript needs editing.

If you go with a publisher, you get this service for free. Well, their cut of your royalties pays for that, but you don���t suffer money out of pocket. A manuscript will usually go through several edits before it���s pronounced ready for the next step. Remember my novella, Blue River?����Betas went over it. I went over it. I didn���t think DSP could find anything wrong with it.

WRONG. Their eagle-eyed editors caught some things, and one of them was important. That manuscript went through three freaking edits! Three! I was humbled���

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