Donald Vaughan is founder and financial director of the Triangle Association of Freelancers. As a freelancer, he has written dozens of books and more than 2,000 magazine articles. In this interview, conducted by email, Vaughan discusses TAF's objectives and membership, and he offers advice to writers and editors who are considering freelancing. Q. What is… Continue reading Q&A with Donald Vaughan of the Triangle Association of Freelancers
Category: book editing
Guest post: How to prepare for NaNoWriMo success
Erin Servais is a book editor, author coach, and founder of Dot and Dash, an author-services company. In her decade-plus in publishing, she has helped to bring hundreds of titles to publication, including books that went on to be USA Today and Amazon best sellers. Servais has developed specialties in romance and women’s fiction, and… Continue reading Guest post: How to prepare for NaNoWriMo success
Book review: ‘Dreyer’s English’
Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style. New York, NY. Random House, 2019. 279 pp. $25.00. ISBN: 978-0-8129-9570-1 Many people, including journalism students, want firm rules on how to write and edit, but English is messy with gray areas and endless debates over commas. That’s where stylebooks and other usage manuals step… Continue reading Book review: ‘Dreyer’s English’
Q&A with freelance editor Sea Chapman
Sea Chapman is a freelance editor who works with a wide range of material while specializing in fiction, including thrillers, mysteries and fantasy. She lives in central Arizona with her family. In this interview, conducted by email, Chapman discusses how she got into editing and her life as a freelancer. Q. Describe your job. What… Continue reading Q&A with freelance editor Sea Chapman
Q&A with freelance editor Karen Conlin
Karen Conlin is a self-employed editor who works with fiction and nonfiction books. Her prior experience includes editing at gaming company TSR. Conlin is the 2018 winner of the Robinson Prize awarded by ACES: The Society for Editing. In this interview, conducted by email, Conlin discusses her work past and present, and her interest in… Continue reading Q&A with freelance editor Karen Conlin
Student guest post: Rethinking editing — my journey from editing news to reading books
Students in MEJO 457, Advanced Editing, are writing guest posts for this blog this semester. This is the 12th of those posts. Molly Weybright is a junior studying journalism and creative writing at UNC-Chapel Hill. This summer, she will be an editorial intern at Algonquin Books in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. As a college student, figuring out what… Continue reading Student guest post: Rethinking editing — my journey from editing news to reading books
Q&A with Kathleen A. Flynn, author of ‘The Jane Austen Project’
Kathleen A. Flynn is a copy editor at The New York Times. Her debut novel, “The Jane Austen Project,” will be released May 2. In this interview, conducted by email, Flynn discusses how she researched and wrote the book, and how it was edited. (Photo by Bryan Thomas, 2016) Q. How did you get the idea… Continue reading Q&A with Kathleen A. Flynn, author of ‘The Jane Austen Project’
Q&A with Richard Stradling, co-author of “Where the River Burned”
Richard Stradling is co-author of "Where the River Burned: Carl Stokes and the Struggle To Save Cleveland." He is an editor and reporter at The News & Observer in Raleigh, North Carolina. In this interview, conducted by email, Stradling discusses the origins of the book, how he and his brother researched and wrote it, and how… Continue reading Q&A with Richard Stradling, co-author of “Where the River Burned”
The Editor's Desk 