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Continue ReadingWhat It Takes to Be a Freelance Editor – by Allison Williams… on Jane Friedman site: You should be an editor. Perhaps someone’s said it to you. Perhaps, after volunteering to critique a friend’s book, reading for hours, and writing 2,000 words of feedback (more than you both bargained for), you’ve said to yourself: I should […]
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