I am thrilled and honored to have my editor, Lori Graham, from The Wild Rose Press here today. She is the one who gave me a chance and brought me into the world of publishing when she saw something in Hurricane Crimes and offered me my first contract.
Welcome, Lori!
1. What’s your editing process?
An author submits a query along with a synopsis and the
first five pages of the manuscript through our query email address. This query
goes to the senior editor from the appropriate genre line for the initial
review, and if appropriate, the query is assigned to an editor. The initial review will look at whether or
not the manuscript would be a good fit for our publishing house, both
technically and subject matter. There is
a meeting then between that editor and the senior editor to decide upon a
contract. Once a manuscript is approved,
there are several rounds of edits, and each editor has their own style with
which they do this. For me, I do an
initial review editing everything that comes up which could involve pacing,
point of view control, and plot issues as well as some punctuation, grammar,
etc. With the second and subsequent edits, we go deeper into that polishing
process. The final edit looks at
formatting, chapter length, etc.
