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Pit Stop: Cover Time
And by “cover time,” we mean: finally time for you to see the cover!
Apr 18, 2025 • Heidi Nobles
Stop 6: The Final Sub-Edit
Many months later... what’s changed?
Jan 6, 2025 • Grace Gent
Stop 5: Beta Readers & Brownies
During the substantive editing process, we brought in two beta readers to get fresh eyes on the manuscript.
Nov 26, 2024 • Grace Gent
Pit Stop: The Joys and Complexities of Developmental Editing with Heidi Nobles
How does Edits on the Record compare to other publishers? Margaret sat down with Senior Editor Heidi Nobles to find out!
Oct 7, 2024 • Margaret Ennen
Stop 4: Substantive Editing Begins
Reflecting on narrative structure and bemoaning Word’s lack of highlighter colors
Sep 29, 2024 • Grace Gent
Pit Stop: More Thoughts on Developmental Editing
What does this process actually look like?
May 3, 2024 • Margaret Ennen
Stop 3: Developmental Editing
Editing... where do you start?
Apr 12, 2024 • Grace Gent
Pit Stop: Cover Design!
We have our book! But what is it going to look like?
Mar 15, 2024 • Margaret Ennen
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