Have you considered inviting valuable insight and influence into your life through having a mentor, but aren't sure how to get started or find the right person? Kathi Lipp and Heather Adams are with us today talking all things mentor-ship. Join the conversation and learn how Heather came to value having mentors and hear her answer:

⦁ How do you find a mentor? ⦁ Do you ever outgrow needing a mentor? ⦁ What is a board of investors? ⦁ How do you ask someone to be your mentor?

 

 

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An author and editor team answer questions about how to get noticed by an acquisitions editor. Find out what makes them give a compelling yes.

Today we are finishing our super fun series about how to work with an editor. Kathi Lipp and her two experts, Mick Silva and Lyneta Smith are wrapping up the series today with the inside scoop on how to get noticed by an acquisitions editor. The series started with how to find the right editor for you, followed by what kind of editor do you need, and how much does an editor cost. In this episode about getting noticed by an acquisitions editor you will hear Mick and Lynetta’s best piece of advice and you will learn: 

• What are acquisitions editors looking for when they take on a book
• What makes it a compelling yes
• What are the three Cs editors are looking for
• How does a proposal set you up for success 
• What are acquisition editors’ pet peaves

 

 

 

Links and Resources:

Writing at The Red House

 

Lyneta Smith

 

Mick Silva

 

Curtain Call by Lyneta Smith

 

Zondervan Publishing

 

Wordcrafts Press

 

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An author and editor team answer questions about how much editors typically cost and what type of editing is needed depending for different author situations and traditional versus self publishing in relation to editing.

Kathi Lipp is back with two of her favorites, Mick Silva from Zondervan Press and Lyneta Smith, author of Curtain Call. They are continuing this great series about how to work with an editor. In the first episode we learned how to find the right editor followed by another great episode on exactly what kind of editor we need. Now, the wealth of information continues as we find out just how much does an editor actually cost anyway. In this episode you will learn: 

• How much an editor costs
• What are some of the variables involved
• Editing costs for both traditional and self-publishing
• Ways to save money on editing
• When will an editor actually listen to you
• What’s the ROI from writing a book

 

 

 

 

Links and Resources:

Writing at The Red House

Lyneta Smith

Mick Silva

Curtain Call by Lyneta Smith

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An author and editor team answer questions about how to work with an editor and how to find the right editor for you. Find out what editors are looking for.

Kathi and the writing and editing team of the book Curtain Call, author Lyneta Smith and editor Mick Silva are back to answer all of our questions about exactly what kind of editor we need. In the first episode they shared about how to find the right editor for you. In today's episode you will learn: 

• What are some attributes of a good editor? 
• What kind of editor do you need?
• What are the different stages of editing?  
• What are the differences between macro editing and micro editing and when to use them? 
• What does the editing process look like prior submitting to a publisher? 

 

 

 

 

Links and Resources:

Writing at The Red House

Lyneta Smith

Mick Silva

Curtain Call by Lyneta Smith

Ginny Yttrup

Tightwad Gazette Book

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An author and editor team answer questions about how to work with an editor and how to find the right editor for you. Find out what editors are looking for.

Kathi and the amazing team behind the book Curtain Call, author Lyneta Smith and editor Mick Silva are here to answer all of our questions about how to work with an editor. In this first episode they talk about how to find the editor for you and answer: 

• What are they looking for before agreeing to work with an author 
• What are the two types of editors you don’t want 
• How do you qualify an editor 
• Why everyone needs an editor 
• What are the tools of the trade 

 

 

 

Links and Resources:

Writing at The Red House

Lyneta Smith

Mick Silva

Alice Crider

Ann Voskamp

Kathleen Kerr

Curtain Call by Lyneta Smith

Chicago Manual of Style

AP Style Guide

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Niki Hardy discusses common mistakes of first-time authors in this series about how to get a book deal on a small but mighty platform.