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    How to Choose an Editor
    • Feb 11, 2018
    • 3 min

    How to Choose an Editor

    You've spent weeks, months, or even years struggling to pound out your book, and now it’s time to polish that manuscript before submitting it for publication. You may have proofread the work yourself, but a writer often sees his or her own text as it ought to be, not as it is. You don't want to expose that manuscript to the scrutiny of a reader who will immediately notice the glaring homonyms you missed. There are hundreds of editors, however, who are currently offering their