Friday, November 24, 2017

Editor and Proofreader Emily Hainsworth

As I finished tweaking my work-in-progress, I knew I needed anther set of eyes to look it over.  Fortuitously, I ran across a post on Kboards from an editor looking for clients.  It was a stroke of good fortune for which I am most grateful.

Working with Emily Hainsworth on my latest novel has been a joy.  It is always frightening to entrust your work to someone new, and I am so grateful that I took a chance on Emily.  She is responsive, efficient, focused, and encouraging.  Her attention to detail, along with her ability to understand my voice and my story, enabled her to give my book a thorough and effective polish.  Her work and feedback have given me a great boost of confidence as I prepare to release my new characters into the world.  I can’t recommend Emily highly enough, and I will happily work with her again.  

My timeline for publishing this work has been derailed a bit by my father's recent passing.  I had been intending to mount a Kindle Scout campaign this month, but with my new responsibilities to the estate and to my mother, that won't be possible.   In my forced hiatus, I intend to send some query letters and see if I can make any progress in the traditional side of publishing.  If not, after the first of the year, I'll hopefully have the bandwidth to give Kindle Scout a proper go.