I called Tor/Forge again today, and they said that the Gears are welcome to have me copyedit their texts. They transferred me to the person who hires the freelancers, and I left a message on her voicemail. Hopefully it will all work out!
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I'm a freelance copyeditor specializing in fantasy and science fiction. SF/F novels I have copyedited have been finalists for (and have sometimes won) the Hugo, Nebula, Arthur C. Clarke, Endeavour, Golden Spur, John W. Campbell Memorial, Quill, Locus, Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. In 2007 I became the first and only copyeditor ever short-listed for a World Fantasy Award.
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alright!! I was just thinking today that I needed to maybe learn some freelance work like copyediting. I’m an aspiring writer and wouldn’t mind a little income so that I’d feel more “productive”. good luck with it!
Copyediting is a fantastic job. It allows me to do something I love while still getting to stay at home with my kids. It’s *extremely* difficult to break into without in-house editorial experience at a major publisher, though. Even though I have over a decade in the business, multiple letters of recommendation, and the goodwill of some of the best authors and editors in the business, Tor had told me just a year ago that they wouldn’t hire any new copy editors. An author request can be a powerful thing, though. :-)
they MUST hire you. and they will :)
tempest
Don’t expect to break in on the Tor side. Get regular gigs on the St. Martin’s Press side, and you will start to get Tor titles now and then–but maybe not the big names. It’s a start.
Eliani Torres
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Tom Doherty agreed to a request by Kathy and Mike Gear to have me CE their Tor/Forge books, so I should at least get theirs. I haven’t gone off hiatus, though, so I haven’t pursued it further. (The Gears were extremely happy with a job I did on one of their Warner titles.)