Build your editing team and figure out the production process... without driving yourself crazy.
Who is this course for?
- New authors wondering about the book-production process
- Authors searching for an editor and wondering about the best way to find someone who will make a great member of their publication team
What you’ll learn
- Learn the best places to find candidates (hint: it's not Google).
- Get a step-by-step by process to vet candidates. You'll be able to sort out the winners from the wieners.
- Avoid two big pitfalls when you're selecting what services you need.
- Know when to level up your production process.
About the course
You know you need to start looking for an editor, but you don’t even know where to begin. Or you’ve started looking at editors’ websites and they’re all starting to look the same. Worse yet, what if you get someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing? You’ve heard the horror stories (cue Psycho music).
That’s where Great (Editing) Expectations comes in. You’ll be able to make a game plan for producing your book so you can get from The End to clicking Publish. You’ll be…
You know you need to start looking for an editor, but you don’t even know where to begin. Or you’ve started looking at editors’ websites and they’re all starting to look the same. Worse yet, what if you get someone who doesn’t know what they’re doing? You’ve heard the horror stories (cue Psycho music).
That’s where Great (Editing) Expectations comes in. You’ll be able to make a game plan for producing your book so you can get from The End to clicking Publish. You’ll be confident in your choices for your production team, because by using my proven method, you’ll find your perfect production team.
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Course Content
Lesson Name & What’s Included
Introduction
14 minutes
Who needs an editor, challenges in self-publishing, and concerns about hiring an editor
Types of Editing
30 minutes
Developmental editing, line editing, proofreading, final pass... What does it all mean?
Finding an Editor
1 hour, 10 minutes
How to find and select candidates
Final Notes and Growing Your Team
42 minutes
Learn about the gotchas with editing and publishing and figure out when to grow your production team
Instructor
Anne Victory
You may be wondering why the hell you should listen to Anne Victory or what she could possibly teach you. That's fair. 🙂 Anne has been editing for over a decade. She edits for NY Times and USA Today best-selling authors, including Dannika Dark, Dianne Duvall, Elizabeth Hunter, Gena Showalter, Ilona Andrews, Lynn Raye Harris, Nalini Singh, and Thea Harrison. To date, she’s edited almost 500 books. Anne is also the cofounder of the Association of Independent Publishing Professionals. And, finally, she’s the chief cook and bottle washer for her husband, a boisterous spaniel who loves to wear dresses, two cats, and two birds.
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