“In the darkness lies your fears.” “You can’t carry anymore items.” I’ve been replaying one of my favorite games: Resident Evil. When you launch the game, you’re met with this line: “In the darkness lies your fears.” If you try to pick up an item when your inventory is already full, you get this message: […]
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For the final time this year, today sees another book being published that I worked on. Singularity Point is a techno-thriller by the extremely talented Mark Hacker. I was the copyeditor on the manuscript, and it was certainly one of the highlights of my year. I had so much fun with this story about a
A client of mine, Tristan Zelden, is releasing his second book today. It’s called Unfold, and from what I understand, it’s a workplace-drama-meets-creature-feature. I didn’t work on this one, but we’re in the midst of editing his third book and I think he’s a terrific writer, so I wanted to shout this out to my
The last two Decembers I’ve shared the books I’ve read for fun throughout the year. It’s that time again, so here’s my list for 2025. I tend to hit the ground running at the beginning of the year only to start a massive brick that takes me months to finish. Five was the (admittedly abysmal)
I reached a career milestone this year. I’ve worked on 50 BOOKS. A couple months back, a potential client asked me how many books I’ve worked on. I actually didn’t know the answer off the top of my head, so I went and counted and realized I’d hit the 50 mark at some point this
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I’m a compulsive Merriam-Webster entry looker-upper. Ensuring consistency and being aware of industry standards are vital parts of my job (and you can’t trust MS Word’s spell check). I even look up entries to words I think I already know. Because you never know… Earlier this year, after looking it up in M-W, I learned
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Today sees the release of A Tale of Three Cities, written by Elana Gomel, published by Epic Publishing, and proofread by me. I posted about this a few weeks ago, but today’s the day this is sent out into the world. A Tale of Three Cities is a truly unique story. I recommend it to
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Don’t get scammed. More than once this year, I’ve been contacted by someone requesting editing work who I could tell was trying to scam me. Here’s how I identified that. They were offering to pay me an outrageously high rate for very little work. They said they would only pay once I returned the work
“Timothy did a stellar job for my novel. Not only was his editing professional, perfectly executed, and following the best guidelines in the field, but he went above and beyond simple corrections. He created a synopsis and a list of characters that were helpful to me in seeing the novel as a whole. He understood
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Four things I proudly provide my clients: Three passes. The best editors are humans, and humans can miss things. Nobody is perfect, but to minimize those misses, each manuscript that comes my way gets three passes. A detailed style sheet. From narrative details and character descriptions to grammar and punctuation preferences, I create a detailed
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