Not exactly…
Published by Deanna Hoak February 17th, 2005 in blogJudging by the 1,800 pages of author- and editor-requested copyedits I have sitting on my desk, I really suck at this whole notion of “hiatus.”
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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, Golden Spur, John W. Campbell Memorial, Quill, Locus, Philip K. Dick, British Science Fiction, British Fantasy, and World Fantasy awards. In 2007 I was short-listed for a World Fantasy Award for my copyediting.
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Congrats on all the work - more work=more money, woot!
Deanna, can you throw some tips my way? I am trying to edit my manuscript and I am reading right over the errors. Especially with the missing words - my brain just fills in the blank and I don’t see it. Like this “She glared at me with a kind stubborn defiance.” Is there any kind of trick I can do to find this stuff, or am I doomed to failure?
Everyone’s eyes do that trick–and it’s worse when it’s your own writing, because your brain knows exactly what you intended to be there. :-)
When I edit, I actually put my pencil on every single word. You can’t move the pencil along in a line and expect it to work; you actually have to “dot” each word as you go.