What Does an Editor Really Do?

with guest Barbara Scott.

Myths About Editors

Psst! Draw a little closer to your computer screens. I’m about to share the secret of the universe with you. Well—just a smidgen of the universe—that unexplored island known as Editorville.

It’s said the citizens of Editorville rub their hands together with glee when a boat launches from Seekerville. 

Unfortunately, some writers have turned their boats around and skedaddled back to Unpubbed Island at the first roar of an editor beastie. I’ve heard the stories—stories of lions and tigers and bears. Oh my!

Other people say editors have been known to swallow up both new and experienced writers in one big bite and spit them out after chewing on them awhile. I’ve also heard about writers who have scaled the cold concrete walls of the inner sanctum of publishing rarely returning to civilization unscathed. Are you shaking in your slippers yet? Take a deep breath. I’m just joshin’ ya!

Editors Are Human

The truth is, editors are human and come in every shape, size, and gender. We’re all flawed and have personalities that range from funny and quirky, to gentle and encouraging, to stone-faced and no-nonsense. If you give the same manuscript to five different editors, it will come back with five different sets of opinions and suggestions for change. Some editors stand head and shoulders above others. What one editor thinks is important to include, another eschews.

But all editors should respect your voice, respect you as the author, and strive to make your manuscript shine like a finely cut diamond. Verbal or written abuse is never acceptable. That’s true no matter who you are. If an editor ever says your writing stinks and you should go back to waiting on tables for a living, that person should be drummed out of the editor corps. I have little tolerance for mean, nasty, egotistical, so-called editors. Maybe it’s because I’m also an author and can empathize.

I know one multi-published author who received that kind of abuse for months before she finally told her agent and he intervened with the publisher. That editor didn’t last long in the industry. The editor’s advice may have had some merit, but the delivery almost crushed the spirit of the author. You can deliver hard-to-hear criticism in a way that encourages an author. As my mama used to say, “You can attract more bees with honey than vinegar.”


Are There Different Kinds of Editors?

There are many different types of editors: acquisitions editors, junior and senior editors, development editors, line editors, copyeditors, and proofreaders. To confuse the issue even more, a line editor is sometimes called a substantive editor, and a development editor can also be the acquisitions editor who performs a macro or developmental edit. Huh? Every publishing house has its own structure. And these days, most use freelancers for all sorts of editing tasks.

Oftentimes, when people ask me what I do and I tell them I’m a freelance acquisitions and development book editor, their eyes light up. “I would be a great editor!” they say. “I can spot every typo in a published book.” I cringe but answer graciously and then give them a primer on the various types of editors and edits. Before I finish, their eyes have glazed over, and they normally change the subject or wander off.

It's kind of like telling a doctor that you got good grades in high school biology and would make a great brain surgeon.

Meet the Editors

• Acquisitions Editor: Your agent will pitch your project to an acquisitions editor—AE—either in person or by email. If you don’t have an agent, I suggest you attend the best writers’ conference in your area, find out what genres editors are looking for, and schedule a 15-minute appointment with an AE or an agent. The acquisitions editor may decline your project right away, or if they like your proposal, they may ask for the full manuscript. If an AE loves your idea, they will present your proposal to the Pub Board, which may consist of the Publisher, a V.P., other editors, marketing and promotional people, and sales reps. The sales reps decide whether they can sell enough books to make your project viable. 

Remember, publishers need to make a profit to stay in business. If the Pub Board gives the green light, all the other legal “stuff” is put in motion. The AE drafts a deal-point memo—an offer to publish—and sends it to the agent. Sometimes the AE will call the agent right away. The agent then presents the offer to you, and after discussion, the agent may go back to the AE and negotiate better terms or accept the offer as is. The AE then requests the drafting of a contract. Voila! You’re on your way to publication.

• Development Editor: In most publishing houses, the AE reads your final manuscript first to make sure it meets expectations and is acceptable before passing it on to a DE—development editor. Sometimes, the AE may choose to perform the first development edit, giving you comments and suggestions, using the track changes feature in Word. They also write a letter/email, detailing their thoughts about your project, and send the manuscript back to you for revisions. In some houses, however, you will deal with a different editor—a DE—from the beginning. The DE may be a staff member, or your manuscript may be sent to an experienced freelance editor. DEs can be expected to give you suggestions on how to improve your plot, structure, characters, dialogue, narrative, and setting. Did you notice I haven’t mentioned a word about spelling, typos, or grammar yet?

• Substantive/Line Editor: Sometimes these editors are on staff, but usually they are freelance editors. A line editor will rearrange/delete/add paragraphs or sections, and rephrase, reorganize, tighten, and recast sentences or dialogue to make it as authentic as possible. They try to catch most spelling errors and grammatical mistakes, but it’s not their focus.

• Copyeditor: After you and the various editors are satisfied with your manuscript, it will then pass into the hands of a copyeditor. Copyeditors are persnickety. They pay attention to every word and punctuation mark, applying The Chicago Manual of Style standards. If you don’t own a copy of the 15th or 16th edition, you might want to invest in one, as well as Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th edition. Not all dictionaries or style manuals spell words the same or place a comma in the same place.

• Proofreader: After your text is “flowed” into a “page template,” the proofreader will look for typos or other types of errors in your galley proofs. Look up proofreaders’ marks in the dictionary, and it will usually show a chart of the types of issues they address.

Writing a novel may be a solitary act, but before your book hits the shelves, it will have passed through numerous edits. No author’s words are sacrosanct or written in stone. If an editor is successful, even you won’t be able to tell whether you wrote that scintillating sentence…or if it was the editor’s contribution.

Has anyone ever edited your writing? How did it make you feel?

Tell us about your experience—the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Leave a comment for an opportunity to win a copy of the contemporary Christmas novella collection Sleigh Bells Ring, which includes Barbara Scott’s “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Romantic Times named it a Top Pick and gave the book a 4-1/2-star review. Winner announced in the Weekend Edition.

Santa Claus is coming to town, and so are the Tucker sisters.  Never mind a pony. The Tucker girls have inherited their father’s horse farm for Christmas. Make that . . . a run-down horse farm. It needs some serious TLC in order to make it sell-ready. Joanna knows that by recruiting her sisters and one handsome ranch hand they can fix up the place and even celebrate one last Christmas while they’re at it. However, to Isabella, returning to their home in Kentucky bluegrass country for Christmas seems like an impossible hurdle. Can her Chicago boyfriend make life merry and bright again?

One thing’s for sure—nothing is peace on earth for Sophia as a new beau brings up old wounds. And when the fate of the horse farm is put in jeopardy because Amy accidentally fraternizes with the enemy, tensions rise. But it’s not like the land developer stole Christmas . . . just her heart.

Can the Tucker sisters have themselves a merry little Christmas?

An inspirational book editor for more than eighteen years, Barbara has recently returned to her first love—writing! Gilead Publishing has just released her novella “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” in an inspirational collection titled Sleigh Bells Ring. Currently, she is working on a contemporary romance series. In the mid-1990s, she published two bestselling novels, and followed those with numerous gift books, before her stint as a senior acquisitions editor for several Christian publishers. Barbara lives and breathes words, whether she’s reading the latest novel, editing a new book manuscript for other authors, or writing her next novel. Married for 40 years, she and her husband Mike have two children and four grandchildren they adore. They live in the Nashville area where sweet tea is a food staple.

For more information, visit her at her websites: www.BarbaraJScott.com and www.InspyEditor.com or on social media…Facebook, Twitter.

Write the Crazy Book!

Kara Isaac Website

by Kara Isaac

Hi Seekerville, my name is Kara Isaac and I’ve basically had the writer’s equivalent of stage fright for six months - ever since my editor told me they’d managed to hoodwink the Seekerville ladies into giving me a guest blog post here. I’m a longtime fan (usually lurking, sorry ladies, but the time difference with New Zealand means that I inevitably find my way here when the comments have gone into the triple digits and I get comment performance anxiety and just freeze up under the pressure!). All of which is a very longwinded way of saying that the first time I met the lovely Julie Lessman at ACFW Conference 2009 where I regaled her with a crazy story about how I met my husband. SO after much angsting about my Seekerville debut I decided I had might as well continue on with the theme and tell you the story about my crazy book that releases next week.

So, with no further ado, I present Write the Crazy Book (subtitle: When An Editor Hands You An Awesome Book Idea on a Plate and You Think She’s The Crazy One)

“Have you ever thought about writing a book set in New Zealand about the Lord of the Rings movies?” It was the 2013 ACFW conference in Indiana and the question had just been posed to me by an editor who was considering two of my manuscripts. Who I’d pitched to before and gotten along well with. Who had said very complimentary things about my writing to my agent. A meeting I’d had very high hopes for. Needless to say, neither of the manuscripts she was looking at had anything to do with hobbits.

“Um, no,” was my ineloquent reply, and I hoped my face didn’t show exactly what I thought of the idea. In my head I was thinking: New Zealand? Lord of the Rings? Are you serious? In the seven or so years I’d been serious about writing, there was one piece of advice I’d been given repeatedly. American audiences aren’t interested in international locations. If you want to break into the American Christian market, your stories need to set in America about American characters. That’s what sells. I’d completely rewritten my first manuscript, originally set in New Zealand, on that basis. And now one of my dream editors, who had said nice things about my two contest finaling, commercially appealing manuscripts was suggesting I not only take my writing back home but add in orcs and elves? It was one of the craziest things I’d ever heard.

The next thought that flashed into my head was as unexpected as her question. A disillusioned tour guide and a failed entrepreneur. Since I had nothing to lose, I threw it at her, and we spent the final five minutes of my pitch appointment bouncing a few ideas around for the crazy story that I was never going to write.

A week later, I flew home, where I fully intended to let the crazy idea die and start working on something that might actually sell. But it wouldn’t. The characters named themselves Jackson and Allie. An American and a New Zealander. Their unwanted backstory started finding crevices in my mind to fill. And so, after a few weeks, I emailed my agent, Chip. An email that basically said, So Editor A had this crazy idea at ACFW that I should write a book set in New Zealand about Lord of the Rings. It’s crazy right? And even if it wasn’t, the timing is like five years too late. The movies are almost finished. No one is going to care about Tolkien a year from now. So if you could just confirm that it’s totally bonkers, I’ll start thinking of a new idea that might actually have a chance at making you some money.

Much to my complete shock, he came back having drunk the same Kool-Aid as the editor. He thought it was a great idea with lots of potential if I did it right. The whole world had officially gone crazy, and because I was five months pregnant and had no other sparkling ideas for a new story, I decided to join them.   

Four months later, I’m in the labor and delivery unit of my local hospital where my 12 days overdue daughter is about to be evicted into the world. I’d spent the last few months anxiously awaiting news on the manuscripts that were out with various editors, and the running joke had become I bet I hear back when I’m in labor.

Sure enough, in that enjoyable hour between being admitted and scrolling through everything I could find on my phone to keep my mind off what was about to come, in dropped an email from my agent. Editor A loves your stuff but her house has put a hold on acquiring any more contemporary romances while they assess their existing line up. Of course they had. I was 30,000 words into Allie and Jackson’s story, I could no more abandon it now than I could abandon giving birth to the reluctant child inside of me. I was committed. Even if the one person I was writing it for wasn’t going to be able to do anything with it.

Six months later, I finished the manuscript. A fun, quirky romantic comedy about second chances that was mostly written in a haze of sleep deprivation and general “Oh well. No other publisher’s going to be interested, so I had might as well go nuts,” c’est la vie kind of approach because the only other one was inconsolable crying that I was writing 90,000 words that were predestined to gather dust in my agent’s collection of unsold manuscripts before he’d even read it.

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In July, I packaged it up and sent it off to my agent. I asked him no questions about what happened to it from there because I didn’t want him to have to tell me, “I’m really sorry, Kara. I pitched it to fourteen editors, and they all turned me down somewhere between New Zealand and Gandalf.” To this day, apart from the original catalyst editor and my editor from Howard Books who bought it, I have no idea who else saw it!

Three months later, I got an unexpected email from Chip. Beth Adams from Howard Books is interested and has a few questions. My immediate reaction was Ah, bless. Beth is taking pity on me and pretending to think about it to let me down gently. I’d known Beth for a number of years, having met her at my first ever ACFW conference, and she was a pro at rejecting my manuscripts in a way that made me feel good until I worked out I had actually just been turned down (again).  Besides, Beth worked for Howard Books, which is part of Simon & Schuster. They published authors like Karen Kingsbury and Tosca Lee. Even if, in some weird alternate universe, they liked the story, me with my whole fifty-something Facebook followers and hundred-and-something Twitter connections had about as much a chance at a contract as I did at fitting back into my pre-pregnancy jeans.

The first set of questions turned into more questions, then a request from Beth to Skype and talk. And somewhere along the line, it dawned on me: I don’t think she’s just being nice. She may actually really want this crazy book. But I didn’t let myself dare to really hope. I had been to so many editorial committees and publishing boards—including getting an offer from a publisher only for it to get pulled when they decided to review their entire fiction line—that allowing real hope to take hold felt foolish.

In December, Chip emailed to let me know an offer was coming (right as I was about to walk into a big “real job” meeting, but that’s another story!) and it finally sank in. Where Chip had pitched two commercially appealing manuscripts that fit within all the boundaries for what we knew publishers were looking for, God had chosen the crazy book that I had predetermined was never going to fly to be the one that opened the publishing door.

So in this Seekerville year of no fear, from one debut (scared out of her mind) author to you, I say go write that crazy book that breaks all the rules you’ve been told for success but has lodged its way into your heart and won’t let go. You never know where it might take you J

This is the part where the blog posting gurus say you should ask a stimulating and engaging question to get the ball rolling and people falling over themselves to hit the comments button. However, the blog posting gurus don’t have a toddler who is in the throes of a long-running sleep strike so I have no engaging question beyond why won’t she just sleeeeeeeeeep?! but I do have a pot of full

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cafffeinated New Zealand Free Trade Belle Blend Coffee and a paperback copy of Close To You for a lucky commenter so please accept that as the blatant bribe that it is to say hi (and ask questions – I’m good with questions!)!

Close To You

A disgraced scholar running from her past and an entrepreneur chasing his future find themselves thrown together—and fall in love—on a Tolkien tour of New Zealand.

Allison Shire (yes, like where the Hobbits live) is a disgraced academic who is done with love. Her belief in “happily ever after” ended the day she discovered her husband was still married to a wife she knew nothing about. She finally finds a use for her English degree by guiding tours through the famous sites featured in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. By living life on the road and traveling New Zealand as a luxury tour guide, Allison manages to outrun the pain of her past she can’t face.

Jackson Gregory was on the cusp of making it big. Then suddenly his girlfriend left him—for his biggest business competitor—and took his most guarded commercial secrets with her. To make matters worse, the Iowa farm that has been in his family for generations is facing foreclosure. Determined to save his parents from financial ruin, he’ll do whatever it takes to convince his wealthy great-uncle to invest in his next scheme, which means accompanying him to the bottom of the world to spend three weeks pretending to be a die-hard Lord of the Rings fan, even though he knows nothing about the stories. The one thing that stands between him and his goal is a know-it-all tour guide who can’t stand him and pegged him as a fake the moment he walked off the plane.

When Allison leads the group through the famous sites of the Tolkien movies, she and Jackson start to see each other differently, and as they keep getting thrown together on the tour, they find themselves drawn to each other. Neither expected to fall in love again, but can they find a way beyond their regrets to take a chance on the one thing they’re not looking for?

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Kara Isaac lives in Wellington, New Zealand. When she's not working her day job as a public servant, chasing around a ninja preschooler and his feisty toddler sister, she spends her time writing horribly bad first drafts and wishing you could get Double Stuff Oreos in New Zealand. Her sophomore romantic comedy, Can’t Help Falling, is another crazy book about how an antique shop, a wardrobe, and a mysterious tea cup bring two C.S. Lewis fans together in a snowy and picturesque Oxford, England. It will be an October 2016 release from Howard Books and (shameless self promotion!) if you purchase Close To You by April 26 you can go in the draw to win 1 of 15 advance copies of Can’t Help Falling (see http://www.karaisaac.com/news/ for entry details). She loves to connect on her website, on Facebook at Kara Isaac - Writer and Twitter @KaraIsaac

Seven Things That Will Make Your Editor Happy

with guest Erica Vetsch.

Happy Birthday, Seekerville! I can’t believe it’s been SEVEN years already! Thank you for having me back again. It’s an honor!

Last time I was here, things got real. I was in a pretty raw and lonely place, and I wrote about what happens to a published author when that next contract doesn’t come…when they’re writing in the weeds. (You can read the post by clicking HERE) I wanted to thank you all very much for your support and encouragement following that post.  

Since the airing of that blog-post, I’m happy to report that there has been a nice uptick in my writing activity. (You can read about the happy news HERE) So, now that I’m back under deadline, and in keeping with Seekerville’s SEVENTH birthday, I thought I’d share with you seven things that make an editor happy…and we ALL want to make our editors happy, right?

1.    Write the book you said you would.

If your editor has contracted a Historical Romance story from you, don’t turn in an epic sci-fi/fantasy piece that you just couldn’t get out of your head. While most editors understand that writers are creative people with lots of ideas, when you’ve signed on the dotted line to deliver a certain product, that’s the product you should deliver. Anything else gums up the works. Publishing houses work far in advance of a books’ release with marketing copy, retail placements, advertising spots, etc. They cannot, and most likely will not switch gears just because you chose to chase a wild hare.

My publishing house has a brand (historical romance) and I have a brand (historical romance) and if I should turn in to them a manuscript that was anything else, they would be, shall we say, less than pleased. So write the book you promised them. 

Barbour Editor, Annie Tipton & Erica

2.    Meet your deadlines 

As mentioned above, publishing houses and editors work to a schedule. Lots of people, not just your editor, are counting on you to deliver the completed manuscript when promised. However, it is the editor who catches the flack from marketing, sales, publicity, printing, copy editing, cover art, etc. when you are late. Editors lose sleep. A sleep-deprived and pressured editor, when deciding to whom they will issue the next contract, is more likely to give it to the author who has consistently met the deadlines. 

***Bonus points for turning in a quality manuscript ahead of deadline.***

Editors understand that life happens, and that there can be legitimate reasons for not making a deadline, but as much as possible, follow through on the promise you made when signing your contract. Deliver the goods on time. Which brings us to the next point.

Erica with Barbour Senior Editor Rebecca Germany

3.    Communicate – no dead air

When I received my first contract back at the 2008 ACFW Conference, I met with my brand new editor, JoAnne Simmons. I don’t remember a lot about that meeting (I was still riding high in euphoria) but I do remember asking her one question. 

“What is one thing your new authors do that you wish they wouldn’t?”

The one thing she said, and which was seconded by another editor, Rebecca Germany, who was there at the time, was that authors feel they can’t or shouldn’t communicate too much with their editor. They didn’t want to be a problem child.

While there is some truth to that—you don’t want to bombard your editor with emails about the minutiae of your life—it far worse NOT to communicate with your editor about issues related to your manuscript and contract. If you are struggling to meet a deadline, if you don’t understand an editorial comment, if you don’t like your cover art, etc. yet you never say so, how are they going to be able to help?

This is also where an agent is invaluable. Oftentimes, you can talk to your agent first, and they will filter what you’re going through and see if it needs to be passed along to the editor. 

The key here is to communicate and not shut down.

4.    Study the craft

A contract is not a sign that you have made it. A contract is a sign that your growth as a writer needs to continue. Your editor will appreciate it if they see you are working hard on becoming a better writer, studying the craft, trying new techniques, strengthening your weaknesses and maximizing your strengths. It has been my pleasure to see my editors do the same things. I sat near one of my editors a few years ago in a day-long workshop given by Donald Maass. I was impressed that she would be there in order to help make her writers better, to learn what they were learning.  Read books on writing, read great fiction, hang out at Seekerville and glean all the wisdom and knowledge that is given so freely by these industry pros. Attend conferences and workshops. Never assume you’ve ‘made it’ when it comes to being a writer. Your editor will appreciate both the effort and the humility this kind of studious approach takes.

Author and editor Aaron McCarver with Erica.

5.    Edit your manuscript before you send it in 

 “There’s no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.” (Robert Graves) is a mantra to which editors around the globe ascribe. And authors should, too. Every manuscript benefits from editing, and it is your job to do as much of this up front before your editor ever sees it as you possibly can.

The editing process will look different for each author, but every manuscript needs editing. I know some authors who edit what they wrote the day before, and then write new stuff. I know some who write the first half to two-thirds of a manuscript, then go back and edit it before writing the ending of the book. Some write the whole thing and send it to readers, some send chapters to crit partners, and some let the manuscript rest between the writing and the editing, but ALL good writers edit their manuscript before they send it in to their publishing house. 

This means you have to use your time wisely. You have to plan to finish the creative draft/first draft/rough draft in plenty of time to allow for your editing process. Clean up your messy draft and make it as beautiful as you can before you turn it in. Your editor will thank you if you don’t make them do the work you should’ve done first.

6.    Gladly and graciously receive edits.

This is a big one. Perhaps as big or bigger than turning in your manuscript on time.

Hopefully, by the time you’ve gotten to the point of receiving a contract, you are used to having others evaluate your work. You’ve entered contests, participated in critiques, had beta readers, something, so when you receive your first edit letter, you are not completely thrown for a loop.

Determine in your heart beforehand that when you receive edits, you will be glad and gracious. Does this mean that it might not sting a little? No. Does it mean you will agree with everything your editor says? No. Does it mean that you absolutely have to take every suggestion and edit? No. Does it mean you should rise up in righteous anger and refuse to alter your precious baby by so much as one dangling participle? NO!

You and your editor are on the same team. You have the same goal. You both want to turn out the best book possible that will resonate with readers and result in a quality product that is a credit to both you and your publishing house. Your editor is a pro who can be objective about your work in a way you could never be.

Your attitude needs to exude humility, eagerness to be part of a team, and a willingness to learn and cooperate. This will make your editor VERY happy.

Keep in mind Proverbs 1: 5-7

A wise man will hear and increase in learning,
And a man of understanding will acquire wise counsel,
 To understand a proverb and a figure,
The words of the wise and their riddles.
 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge;
Fools despise wisdom and instruction.

7.    Do your part with social media

I know. Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Google+, Goodreads, Blogging, Pinterest. SO. MUCH. MEDIA. How do you keep up with all of them?

The straight-truth answer is…you don’t. You can’t. You cannot keep up with every type of social media option available. It is a physical impossibility. You certainly can’t keep up with even the majority and still write books.

But editors in this brave new world of Internet Marketing require their authors to do at least some connecting through social media.

And it’s something of which you shouldn’t be afraid. And happily, most social media is FREE. Take advantage of it.

The key is to find one or two methods that YOU enjoy, and engage readers there. I happen to enjoy blogging and Facebook, but not twitter or instagram so much. So you will find me posting several times per day on Facebook, both my personal page and my author page, and blogging once a week on my group blog Coffee Cups & Camisoles. I’m finding my way around Pinterest and enjoying that, too.

If you work at some form of social media, your editors and publishers will appreciate your efforts and even in some cases come alongside you to help.

So there you have it, seven things guaranteed to make your editors happy people. Happy editors mean happy writers which mean happy readers. And isn’t that what we all want?


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Author Bio: Erica Vetsch is a transplanted Kansan now residing in Minnesota. She loves history and romance, and is blessed to be able to combine the two in her historical romances. Whenever she’s not immersed in fictional worlds, she’s the bookkeeper for the family lumber business, mother of two, wife to a man who is her total opposite and soul-mate, and an avid museum patron.
 
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