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Editing's Do's and Don'ts part 1

As an published author and editor for romance novels what tips would you share with an author just starting out for doing those dreaded revisions and edits? Answer: Whew! So you made it through to that last chapter of your book and all that blood, sweat, and tears later you’re now ready to submit it to a publisher. But what should it look like? What is the publisher looking for? What does the publisher NOT want to see? 1) Edit, edit, edit. *Make shore awl typos arr gone. Don’t just rely on Word’s spell check feature, however. Go over each line with a fine tooth comb. *Ensure your grammar is impeccable. *Don’t use too many contractions, ellipses…Italics, or exclamation points !!!!(most of these will get removed by your editor anyway). *Read each sentence out loud – does it make sense? -This is particularly important for dialogue. Do people really talk like what you’ve written for your character’s dialogue? If you overheard someone saying that same line would it sound odd? St