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Originally Posted by Justin Nemo
Thank you for that, it was very interesting, although most of the people I have seen crying out for proper editing and proofing, have been editors and proof readers.
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This is true - we tend to do a lot of
! But the authors are getting in on the act:
http://daringnovelist.blogspot.co.uk...d-editors.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/book...eed-publishers (AH reckons editing is one of the most important services a publisher provides)
http://scbwi.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/...ll-speaks.html
as are the academics:
http://nola.copydesk.org/wp-media/editupdate2012.pdf
But there are of course, always some authors who think they know everything
:
http://mortimerjackson.hubpages.com/...Hire-An-Editor
Perhaps they should take note of what can happen if editing is ignored? (need to scroll down quite a bit):
http://londonersdiary.standard.co.uk...s-pile-up.html