Editing TLC
Editing TLC

Editing TLC

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Introduction: I truly become a "partner" in the project and take it on as if it were mine. I truly believe that the "excellence" that we project to the world is what makes or breaks it for authors, companies, etc. I love feeling like a detective when I'm working on projects. I get a great feeling of taking good work and turning it into great work.
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Mike M.
Sep 14, 2012
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Gaye P.
Sep 14, 2012
Joyce copy edited my book, The Persnickety Witch of Fiddyment Creek, and I was amazed and grateful for the things she caught and made my story so much better. The things she suggested made sense and I found her easy to work with, friendly, and spot on. It's no wonder that her attention to detail has earned her the nickname "Hawkeye." Even though I knew she had other jobs, it seemed that she gave my book top priority. We emailed back and forth, and talked on the phone to work out one difficult place. At the end of the project she said to me, "Thank you for allowing me to read your book." Wow! I was honored that she read my book, copy edited it, praised my writing, and still encourages me to get it published -- whatever it takes. I would happily use her again and again. She is absolutely the best.
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Philip L.
Sep 16, 2012
I am the author of Mirages and Flashbacks: Reflections of a Front-Line Gulf War Marine. The book was edited by Joyce Gilmour. The first thing that impressed me about Mrs. Gilmour was her writer-editor/ team-concept method of editing. I would email her sections of the manuscript which she downloaded, printed, edited and express-mailed back to me. She not only made accurate corrections in the text, but added helpful comments, notes and questions in the margins which caused me to think – and led to a bantering of ideas back and forth between us – about how to make some sentences and paragraphs more understandable and concise and make my work a better book as a whole. I would thereafter make the corrections and send her an email responding to the comments and notes and answering her questions, often submitting to her questions of my own. She would usually return my emails within a matter of hours and never more than a day or so later. The second thing – and equally as important – with which I was impressed was her editing abilities. She caught even the most miniscule of grammatical and language-usage errors and assisted me with combining paragraphs and rewriting awkward sentences. She also helped me with big-picture things such as ensuring events were in the right sequence, that disjointed parts were reworked so that they flowed, and that paragraphs and sections would make sense to targeted readers. She did all of this while working within my writing style and without altering any of the themes of the book. I was very pleased with Mrs. Gilmour’s efforts. I highly recommend her as an editor and I intend to retain her for my future books.
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JA G.
Sep 23, 2012
I can't begin to express my sincerest thanks and appreciation for the amazing job Ms. Gilmour did editing my debut novel, Instinct. Under the tightest of time lines, she was able to find things that had slipped past several other editors. Whether identifying glaring errors, or ones only a lover of the language would know, Ms. Gilmour astounds with her 'hawk eyes.' Moving with a speed and efficiency that should be applauded, she generated a 23 page listing that enabled corrections to be made before my book was released. I cannot thank her enough. If you want a professional, skillful and personable editor who truly wants to see you succeed, then you need Joyce Gilmour of Editing TLC.
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Kathleen R.
Sep 14, 2012
I highly recommend Joyce M. Gilmour of Editing TLC. Joyce showed complete professionalism and grace in fixing some issues in the 2011 Kindle edition of my novel, "The Final Salute." The novel was originally published by a small traditional press in 2008, and some minor errors slipped through the cracks. Joyce went through my novel with a fine-toothed comb and corrected every single issue. I will be hiring Joyce Gilmour to copyedit my next novel before I start shopping it around to agents and editors. Knowing she will have a hand on my novel once it's completed frees me up to do the creative part and bring it to the finish line.

FAQs

  • How did you get started doing this type of work?

    I decided to get into this line of work because I enjoy it, but the actually push into creating my business was the fact that I was reading some very good books (content wise) but the copy-editing was just not at the excellent level and that made me sad for the authors.

  • What advice would you give a customer looking to hire a provider in your area of work?

    Be sure to build and maintain an open and honest working relationship. Remember the customer "owns" the product and the copy-editor is going to do her best to make that product be topnotch in quality. Print products do reflect on the professionalism of the customer's business.