Your potential future editor has asked for a "representative sample" of your novel. What exactly do you send?

Editing is an unregulated profession, so you want to be careful when hiring your editor. Here are six red flags to watch out for.

Make your writing, at the scene and sentence level, a smoother reading experience with Self-Editing for Fiction Writers.

Manuscript theft is extremely rare, especially among professional editors. In this post, I outline the reasons why.

In this post, I’ll show you exactly how to format your manuscript in Microsoft Word before sending it off to your editor.

You need to get these edits done, but you're stuck in a procrastination loop. Here's how to finally get started.

No Plot? No Problem! is the official guide to National Novel Writing Month, written by the founder himself: Chris Baty.

You know you need a copyeditor for your novel. I made this handy checklist to help you determine if you're ready for one.

I love style sheets, but you may nave never used one before. This post will show you what style sheets are and why you should have one.

In this post, I’m going to show you what to do when you get your copyedits back from me.

The premise behind Save the Cat! is that every story through all time, when boiled down, follows the same set of “beats,” or plot points.

In this post, I show you exactly when you're getting when you ask for a copyedit from me.

Do you really have to edit a book yourself if you're going to pay a professional to do it?

Editors sometimes have wildly different rates for the exact same service. Why does one editor charge so much more (or less) than another?