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Flubs2Fixes Copy-Editing is Open All Summer!

Although my blog is taking a rest for the next couple of months, my copy-editing and proofreading service, Flubs2Fixes is on the job, ready to help you make your manuscript the best it can be. So if you need a copy editor over the summer, don’t hesitate because you don’t want to interrupt my summer hiatus — I’m here and ready to work with you. Just email me at mail (at) flubs2fixes (dot) com, doing the usual creative changes to the words in brackets. If you’re looking for a grammar chuckle, take a look at my new Grammar and Copy-Editing Pinboard on Pinterest. I’ll be updating it regularly. http://www.pinterest.com/bethstilborn/grammar-copy-editing/ Have a great summer!

Join the Team — Be a STAR!

13 Comments / Ad-Lib Mondays / By Beth

As I said in last week’s post, creative people are learning that we have to be our own advocates. We are the ones who must get our message out into the world. That’s why I’m so eager to take Julie Hedlund’s webinar in April, Authors as Entrepreneurs. That’s also why I’m currently reading the brand-new, hot off the cyberpresses second edition of Katie Davis’ How to Promote Your Children’s Book. Katie has great ideas that can work no matter what you’re promoting. Something I’ve learned from both Julie and Katie (and others along the way) is that although each of us is our own best advocate, we don’t have to go it alone. Reciprocity ROCKS! Supporting each other, telling others, advocating for one another, recommending each other’s blogs, books, courses… the list goes on.

Ready… Set… Copy Edit!

21 Comments / Ad-Lib Mondays / By Beth

I’m very happy to be posting this today! You may or may not know that I had a slight delay in getting my Flubs 2 Fixes Copy Editing and Proofreading service off the ground. That delay is over, and I am now able to offer my services as noted in the Services for Writers — Flubs 2 Fixes tab in the menu above. I apologize for the delay, and I thank you for your patience. I’m eager to get to work now, and hope that if you need copy editing or proofreading, or if you hear of someone who does, you’ll think of me. Note: Because of the delay, the introductory discount of 20% off the cost of all services has been extended to February 28th, 2014! Beyond the magic “read more” words, I express gratitude, and give you a heads-up…

Introducing “Flubs 2 Fixes”

12 Comments / Just Want to Say / By Beth

I am pleased to announce that as of today, Tuesday, October 1, 2013, I am launching my freelance copy-editing and proofreading service for writers! Yes, this is the news I hinted at yesterday. As I say in my introduction page (in the drop-down menu above), have you ever hit send on a document, or put a manuscript in the mail, only afterwards seeing a glaring (or not so glaring) error? Your heart sank, and you thought, “I really flubbed that one.” The problem is that we get so used to our own writing that we see the word as we expect it to be, rather than seeing the typo or the misused noun or verb. Then there is grammar, with all its twists, turns, and exceptions. It’s hard to catch all those things in your own manuscript. You need a fresh pair of eyes to look impartially at your document.