Open Draft - with Fabio Cerpelloni
Open Draft - with Fabio Cerpelloni
Fabio Cerpelloni (www.fabiocerpelloni.com)
What Book Editors Do and How to Choose One: with Pro Book Editor, Adina Edelman
55 minutes Posted Jan 21, 2025 at 9:26 pm.
: Introduction to Adina Edelman and the topic.
: Adina’s role as an editor.
: How Adina developed storytelling skills.
: Educational paths for editors.
: Learning through internships and work.
: Do all authors need an editor?
: Editing on a budget.
: Tools like Grammarly and ChatGPT.
: Keeping an author’s voice intact.
: Avoiding personal bias in editing.
: How to choose the right editor.
: Types of editing explained.
: Fresh eyes for proofreading.
: Book coach vs. editor.
: Legal considerations in manuscripts.
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What do book editors do? How can you choose the right book editor for your project? Do you even need an editor? I discuss these and other editing-related questions with Adina Edelman, a professional book editor from Baltimore, USA.
You can get in touch with Adina through her website -- https://www.edelmanedits.com/
Or on LinkedIn -- https://www.linkedin.com/in/adinaedelman/
*Books and stuff we mentioned*
- The Copyeditor's Handbook by Amy Einsohn
- Self-editing for Self-publishers by Richard Bradburn
- Editing Fiction at Sentence Level by Louise Harnby
- Self-editing course by Adina's friend, Janette Smith -- https://jeanettethewriter.kit.com/c9d5f7fd19
Join Better Writers -- https://fabiocerpelloni.com/private/
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