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Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

I am now offically an editor. [Big Grin]

I mean, I've been a sort of 'manuscript doctor' for some time, doing pre-submission editing for aspiring writers and 'fixing' the odd annual report , etc.

I'm still in a position to be paid by the writers instead of the publisher, but there is no question about whether or not it will be published.

So that's good. [Smile]

*does happy dance*

[ July 07, 2004, 03:09 PM: Message edited by: Olivetta ]

Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :

Congratulations!!!!! [Smile]

Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :

Gratz!

Posted by saxon75 (Member # 4589) on :

Congratulations!

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

woo hoo!

Go Olivet!

AJ

Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :

Cool, Olivet! [Big Grin]

Posted by Jaiden (Member # 2099) on :

[Big Grin]

Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :

Congratulations!

Uh, you know about the membership fee, don't you? The Hatrack Order of the Grammar Nazis? Yeah, it's mandatory.

Posted by xnera (Member # 187) on :

YAY! CONGRATS!!!

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

Congratulations madame editor.

now, there is this manuscript I'd like you to....

[ July 07, 2004, 03:23 PM: Message edited by: Dan_raven ]

Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :

Yay! Congrats! [Big Grin]

Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :

Very cool Olivet! Yay!

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

I am not and will never be a Grammar Nazi on this board. Promise. My posts will still be strewn with extra commas, slang and typos, because here, I just let it all hang out.

[Big Grin]

But, if anybody does have something they want me to look at, I will give you the same deal I gave them. That is, I'll edit a sample for free. That way you can decide if we can can work together, and if what I do is what you think you need or not. A few pages should be enough to decide, then we can go from there. [Smile]

Posted by Erik Slaine (Member # 5583) on :

Coolness. [Hat]

Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :

[Hat]

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

Wu hoo! Congradulations, Olivete! Thats seriusly kool. Could'nt happan too a beter persun.

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

Chis, thats just krool.

Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

That was a bad spell, wasn't it?

Posted by JaneX (Member # 2026) on :

[Eek!]

Wow...an editor. That's awesome. *is considering becoming an editor*

Congrats, Olivet! [Smile]

~Jane~

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Excellent! [The Wave]

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

Thanks [Smile]

JaneX- I'm sure you'll be a much higher-rung editor than me someday (and cuter, too, but that goes without saying) [Wink]

Posted by Mrs.M (Member # 2943) on :

Congratulations!

I did some freelance manuscript doctoring in college and found it very depressing - I actually ended up quitting, despite the excellent pay. I really admire anyone who does any kind of manuscript doctoring or editing, but someone who does it for a living, WOW! You rock.

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

Thanks Mrs. M. But it really depressed me, too. I DID quit, except for a few writers that I really enjoyed working with. And who *shhh* really don't need me as much as they seem to think they do. [Wink]

But this is non-fiction and it needs help, and I know I can make it readable, even enjoyable. So I'm jazzed. [Smile]

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Congrats Olivetta!

And have you got a wee bit of time for a lil manuscript polishing?

Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :

Actually, I do. [Smile]

I won't be starting the martial arts book until they finish it, so I probably have a few months before that starts (it will probably come in about the same time the annual report does, natch.)

Send me the first few pages, and I'll show you what I do. With Fiction, my style tends to be a little more inter-active, depending on what the writer is going for. After all, the writer is God, at least as far as a story goes. Even if it's non-fic, I'd love a chance to show you what I can do. An extra set of eyes never hurts, I always say. [Smile]