by Adriel | Oct 14, 2015 | Bibliophile, Editor
The thing I love most about editing books for authors that aren’t American and aren’t writing about American culture is how much I learn. I learn new phrases. I learn new words. I learn new meanings to words I already knew. I learn about different people...
by Adriel | Mar 25, 2015 | Editor
I am a continuity editor and proofreader. I fully recognize that I’m not an adequate copyeditor. This is an explanation of why you don’t want to hire me for copyediting. HOWEVER, as of May 2019, I brought on a team member who is a great copy editor. You...
by Adriel | Feb 25, 2015 | Bibliophile, Editor
I’ve been reading a book (not by an author I know), and there hasn’t been much conflict. So, in the midst of yet another romantic scene, I find myself thinking, “Something bad needs to happen soon, or I might quit reading this.” Luckily, it did...
by Adriel | Jan 14, 2015 | Bibliophile, Editor
There comes a point in a book that a statement of truth is made. And it rings through your soul. Ah! It hits you! That’s what you’ve been missing. That’s where you kept mis-stepping. And now you see the light. Now you know what to change. You have...
by Adriel | Jan 2, 2015 | Bibliophile, Editor
NPR has an excellent article about Dorothy Dunnett. I haven’t read any Dorothy Dunnett, but I shall soon be correcting that mistake. There was one sentence from the article that really caught my attention: “It really taught me that finely wrought emotional...
by Adriel | Dec 18, 2014 | Bibliophile, Editor
A Whole New World I love opening a new book from an author. Especially if it’s a Universe I haven’t read yet. A Whole New World. #earworm. What will I see I click on that title? Will it be a grand adventure? A epic quest? A thrilling chase for the truth? A...