How to hire an editor
Check out this step-by-step rundown of the biggest mistakes writers make when trying to hire an editor.
It’s a powerful summary of the steps you can take to protect yourself against a bad editing deal.
And it also includes an engaging video — featuring editors Lori Burwash, Davina Haisell, Frances Peck, Roy Sablosky and Benjamin Woollard — describing even more mistakes and how to avoid them.
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Daphne Gray-Grant is a writing and editing coach working with academics, business owners, corporate communicators, bloggers and novelists. She is the author of two books: Your Happy First Draft and 8½ Steps to Writing Faster, Better.
A veteran of the daily newspaper business, Daphne worked as a senior editor and manager for 10 years, developing repeatable strategies for teaching others how to write faster, better. In 2006, she launched her own business, The Publication Coach, and has delivered a popular weekly newsletter ever since.
At the core of her business is a writing group called Get It Done, which offers accountability to 50 writers from around the world who are working on long-term projects such as books or dissertations. Over the last 15 years, Daphne’s client list has included Intel, Ragan Communications, the Canadian Public Relations Society, Miami University, the University of British Columbia and the International Association of Business Communicators.
Daphne and her family live in Vancouver, B.C.