By Jayna Baas and Kathy Ide In recent PEN Tips articles, you may have noticed a change in terms. Christian Editor Network, our parent organization, is now Christian Editors Association! What’s in a name? In this case, a number of factors influenced the change. The CEA team, led by founder and owner Kathy Ide, opted […]
Written by Martin Wiles Before I learned to read, Mom, Dad, and my grandparents read books to me from one of my favorite authors, Dr. Seuss. And what kid in those days didn’t love the rhyme and rhythm of Dr. Seuss’s writings? So, I took my 1960 edition of One fish two fish red fish […]
Written by Jayna Baas The Editors’ Choice Award, formerly Excellence in Editing (EIE), is the contest division of Christian Editors Association (CEA). The division’s motto is, “It takes a team!” and this award celebrates newly released books that are superbly written, well edited, and published by a Christian publisher or author. The Editors’ Choice Award […]
What is(are) your area(s) of focus, and why did you select it (them)? To date, I’ve primarily worked on nonfiction, mainly because those were the jobs I was getting. I do a little academic editing as well. I’d like to expand into fiction, so I recently took Copyediting Fiction 101 through the PEN Institute. Like […]
Written by Ken Walker Five book-editing jobs with a company that helps authors self-publish enabled me to register my best-ever year during pandemic-plagued 2020. So I was pleased when I learned about another job with the same firm in March of 2021. An editor there emailed me about arranging a Zoom call with an author […]
What is(are) your area(s) of focus, and why did you select it(them)? I primarily do structural editing for Christian non-fiction. I started out thinking I would do more business type work, but God has led me down this path and I am so thankful. What does a typical workday look like for you? Editing in […]
Written by Karin Beery When you receive a rough manuscript, it can be tempting to rewrite portions of it to clarify points. Maybe a novel’s characters behave inconsistently or the personal anecdotes in a self-help book confuse you. It would be easy to hit a few keys and make a quick change. Don’t. Unless the […]
Written by Martin Wiles “Don’t turn your paper in after putting the last period.” Sage advice I have given over the years to my writing students. Unfortunately, only a few have taken it. Usually, I watch them put the final punctuation mark, rise from their desks, and turn in the paper. But let’s be fair. […]
Written by Jayna Baas Christian Editor Connection is the matchmaking division of Christian Editor Network, connecting authors, publishers, and agents with qualified, established, professional editorial freelancers who meet their specific needs. CEC’s tagline is “Personally connecting established freelance editors with the people who need them since 2007.” CEC started as a part of […]
What is (are) your area(s) of focus, and why did you select it (them)? I love fiction. I especially love the historical and mystery/suspense genres. However, most of the editing that has come my way in the last year has been academic in nature, and that has been interesting, too! What does a typical workday […]
