3 Responses to “Editing Services”

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   Denise Throntveit said on May 2nd, 2009 at 6:05 am

   I have a 3000ish word children’s book that I am interested in having edited. The book is meant for 1st through 5th grade readers. It has six chapters. Each chapter is 400 to 600 words. I intended this to be a hybrid between a picture book and a “full-fledged” chapter book for older kids.

   (Trying to have the younger ones feel a little “cooler” –

   Do you work in this genre?

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   gotheca said on May 2nd, 2009 at 9:07 am

   Absolutely. I’ve studied the works of Margaret Wise Brown, Ruth Krauss, and Maurice Sendak in depth, not to mention a plethora of the classic chapter books, like Edward Eager’s 1920s magic stories and Judy Blume’s original genre-bending explorations of spirituality and sexuality through a young teen’s eyes. Like so many other writers, I learned to love literature as a child and have revisited my childhood favorites many times as a professional to study them. I’ve studied modern works up to and including Harry Potter, too, of course. Everyone’s read Harry.

   I’ve actually written innumerable children’s books for my family over the past 11 years, including five full-length works. They’re heck of fun, aren’t they?

   I’ll drop you a line privately!

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   Sheryl Dunn said on May 31st, 2010 at 6:43 am

   Dear Ms. Mixon,

   We’re starting a new kind of publishing business, a hybrid between publisher, bookstore and self-publisher. The website above isn’t complete, and if you care to visit, please forgive us for incomplete links and the odd typographical error, plus we’ll be editing it meticulously once everything is working.

   Also, we’ll be getting Predators & Editors and Writers Beware to give us their blessing before we invite people to the beta-test and ask for their feedback. As an editor, you know that the way you say something can make the difference between acceptance and rejection.

   The reason for this comment is to ask whether you would be interested in being one of the independent editors who has a classified ad on our site. We only want the best. The price will be dirt cheap and we’ll likely offer some free months at the front end. As well, you might even consider coming on board with us as one of our part-time editors once we can afford you. (I like your style.)

   I’d be happy to send you our Submission Response Forms so that you’ll have an idea of the things we’ll be looking for in fiction and non-fiction projects. We anticipate rejecting over 98% of submissions, but we’ll be rejecting with reasons.

   We’re exciting about this business and we hope you will be, too.

   Sincerely,
   Sheryl Dunn
   Chief Cook and Bottle-washer
   for
   Shelfstealers

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