tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post4635841587961106880..comments2023-07-01T11:09:28.113-04:00Comments on Land on Demand Editing Proofreading Indexing: The Difference between Copyediting and Proofreadingczarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-50376069849689861762012-01-12T00:03:34.183-05:002012-01-12T00:03:34.183-05:00PS: I would rather enjoy reading a Fleur-edited vo...PS: I would rather enjoy reading a Fleur-edited volume. Are you adding touches of Fleuriana amid the word shuffling?czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-90848654046555455132012-01-11T23:53:07.630-05:002012-01-11T23:53:07.630-05:00Fleur:
After a flurry (so to speak) of 'Tones...<b>Fleur:</b><br /><br />After a flurry (so to speak) of 'Tones-related emails today, I am inspired to offer the following: unlike the Bavarian Illuminati, we editors (the nonsmarmy ones) keep no secrets:<br /><br />http://www<br />.chicagomanualofstyle<br />.org/images/CMOSproofmarks.gif<br /><br />Your explanation that this was originally offered for free [pro bono editing, I suppose] makes more sense. Also, your friend appears to have set a pattern in which she will offer you double the compensation for each of her labors of love. I would encourage her to write many books.<br /><br />I have just entered into a bartering arrangement with a person here in which I will exchange editing that person's novels for, well, what that person does. I am trying to ignore the fact that I have to do for three hours what it takes that person one hour to make. <br /><br /><b>Moi?</b> You still out there? I shoulda been a plumber?czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-16209903906081464342012-01-11T20:15:05.475-05:002012-01-11T20:15:05.475-05:00Lol! You must understand that I told my friend I ...Lol! You must understand that I told my friend I would help her FOR FREE! She insisted on paying me $50 for her short book and $100 for her long book.<br /><br />Once I take a class and get a book that tells you what kind of exact squiggly marks a real proofreader and copyeditor make, I will add this service to my consulting skills (along with conference planning and "international business communication, aka English tutoring.) Don't worry! I will charge a LOT of money in keeping with the worthiness and dignity of your chosen profession, Csar.Fleurdeleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302048075544358448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-28071968774675114072012-01-11T17:30:47.260-05:002012-01-11T17:30:47.260-05:00Great. So one of my longest-term friends in the wo...Great. So one of my longest-term friends in the world and my brother are in an unspoken conspiracy to provide dirt-cheap editing rates in one of the world's most expensive cities -- and an international publishing hub, to boot.<br /><br />Remind me, if I ever win the lottery, all y'all's gonna get is a postcard. Unless I take a flight up to NYC and slap some folks upside the head.<br /><br />Does anyone out there listen to me? Hello??<br /><br />[crickets]czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00848336357897046488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-65329208110895211052012-01-11T17:11:08.372-05:002012-01-11T17:11:08.372-05:00That's really interesting! Especially as I am...That's really interesting! Especially as I am now editing my Spanish friend's second novel. She wants to write in English, so many things have to be adjusted. She paid me $50 for the first book and $100 for the second! It will probably end up having taken me 10 full hours to accomplish this, plus 5 more hours sitting down and reviewing things with her. But she's a very good writer and it's very entertaining to read the the English expressions that she peppers her sentences with--usually in incorrect word order.Fleurdeleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02302048075544358448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-6993402777409811832012-01-09T11:24:23.323-05:002012-01-09T11:24:23.323-05:00Moi:
Most of the presses I work for couldn't ...<b>Moi</b>:<br /><br />Most of the presses I work for couldn't entrust the heavy lifting to the copyeditor because of the nature of the subject material. However, those few presses I work for that produce work of a more general nature let me know up front if the book requires a substantive edit -- and the rate is adjusted accordingly. <br /><br />But your bottom line is spot-on. Anytime a link in the quality-control chain is left out, we all suffer. And the acquisitions editors start that whole ball rolling.czarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887869458750797012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090979633822979041.post-74979433970210010062012-01-09T10:29:07.076-05:002012-01-09T10:29:07.076-05:00There is another person in this process you failed...There is another person in this process you failed to mention and that person is the editor. I realize that with many presses today, books start and end with the author and then jump straight to the copy editor, skipping the editing process entirely. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems more and more copy editors today are also doing what editors used to do.<br /><br />As a copy editor, I want a good editor; as a writer, I want a good copy editor. I'm not precious about my words, not at all, and if you can help me make them better, terrific. I'll take those lessons to heart instead of having a hissy fit.moihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824043795171732429noreply@blogger.com