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Richard Fox Won a Dragon Award — I’m His Editor!

September 5, 2017 /

Dragon Award Winner 2017

Richard Fox writes military sci-fi novels, and I’ve been editing his books for years now, from the beginning of the Ember War series to the new Albion Lost and Iron Dragoon series he’s currently writing. I am so excited to report that Iron Dragoons won the Dragon Award for Military Sci-Fi or Fantasy Novel! Richard is in the company of legends such as Rick Riordan, Harry Turtledove, and Cory Doctorow, who also won this year. 

If you like this genre, check out Iron Dragoons and see what all the fuss is about.

If you’re a writer looking for an editor to help you take your book to the next level, reach out. Leave a comment or send me an email at sharon@editorsharonhoneycutt.com and  let’s chat about your book.

Client Spotlight: J. Matthew Saunders

February 18, 2016 /

Two of the best parts of being a freelance editor are the number of people I get to work with and the variety of projects they bring to me. I’ve had the pleasure of working with talented writers and amazing human beings. These are people who put a smile on my face each time their name appears in my inbox.

Because of this, I thought it would be fun to feature my clients once in a while and tell you about their projects and why you might be interested in what they’re writing.

J. Matthew Saunders

For this first spotlight, I’m featuring a client who first came to me early in 2015. He had written a vampire book and needed an editor. Was I interested? As soon as I read the opening pages, I knew I wanted to work with this author. These were very different vampire stories, and he was a very gifted writer.

First, let me tell you just a little about the author himself. J. Matthew Saunders isn’t your typical self-published author. He’s got three degrees–history, journalism, and law!–and had already written several short stories before he published his novel. On top of that talent, Matthew’s just a really nice guy and a pro to work with. Want to know more about him? Click here.

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Editing a Series: Do We Have to Start with Book 1?

December 10, 2015 /

Once in a while, I get hired to edit the second or third book in a series that I’m not familiar with. This happens for lots of reasons. Sometimes the author doesn’t get the first book in the series edited at all and then discovers, post-publication, that they should have, and so they decide to make the investment with subsequent books.

Sometimes an author does hire an editor for the first book in a series, but that relationship doesn’t last. Maybe the editor and the author weren’t a good match for each other (because there is a bit of chemistry involved—you want your editor to “get” you), and the author has decided to go a different way. Or maybe the editor the author hired for the first book was great but is no longer in the business, and so the author has to find someone new.

Whatever the reason, it happens once in a while that I get hired to edit a subsequent book in a series without having read the first installment(s). Is that a problem? Yes and no. Here’s what I mean.

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