http://deannahoak.com/2009/12/05/the-copy-editors-lament/ SF/F Copyeditor Wed, 05 Oct 2011 16:44:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://deannahoak.com/2009/12/05/the-copy-editors-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-200572 Deanna Hoak Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:45:06 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=842#comment-200572 All part of the job for a copyeditor. :) Fortunately, I think the assertion is largely hyperbole. All part of the job for a copyeditor. :) Fortunately, I think the assertion is largely hyperbole.

]]> http://deannahoak.com/2009/12/05/the-copy-editors-lament/comment-page-1/#comment-200569 Joe Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:50:59 +0000 http://deannahoak.com/?p=842#comment-200569 While a copyeditor certainly has the advantage of a different point of view and honed skills, if a writer's own editing ability is equivalent to fast food when compared with a copyeditor's, that's a manuscript I never want to read. Ever. While a copyeditor certainly has the advantage of a different point of view and honed skills, if a writer’s own editing ability is equivalent to fast food when compared with a copyeditor’s, that’s a manuscript I never want to read. Ever.

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