DIY 101

Hello, and Welcome to The DIY Editing section of our Squawk Space! Here you'll find all the tips and tricks you'll need to polish your own work without paying for a professional editor. Most places mi

Our role as editors will help you polish your writing and develop your prose. But our services don't help you with the biggest struggle facing young authors in today's times: Should I get an agent or

After fixing the the big glaring plot-holes in your novel, you'd think the hardest part would be over, right? Wrong. The hardest part is about to begin . As you get more and more refined in your edit

What's the difference between a Beta Reader and a Beta Reviewer? One Reads, the other Critiques. As a writer, there can be no more important step in your career than finding a reader. I know when I st

Getting a Literary Agent (LA) is one of the hardest steps a young author can take. Many consider landing an agent a filter that separates the newbie authors from the professional elite. The problem is

So, you've decided you need a professional editor. But now you've got yourself a problem, who do you go with? Obviously, you need a big name, top quality editor, right? Someone who's name will immedia

Congratulations, you've passed from the simple polishing into the meaty, sweaty, grinding part of the Editing process! This stage is one that makes or breaks newbie authors. On one hand, mastering thi

Everyone has to start somewhere. Ideally, that would be your first draft. But what do you do once that first draft is finished? How do you go from Writer, to Published Author? These are questions that

If you've never published a book before, it can get a bit confusing. There's many steps and different processes involved with the traditional publishing route. In order to be thorough and help you set

The fourth stage of editing is neither the hardest nor the most intensive. This is the Formatting Edit, also sometimes called the Copy Edit. And of all the services we provide, it's the least intensiv

The worst feeling in the world is finding someone to read your book, but they never finish. How do you avoid this problem? Well, you can try the underhanded method of just pestering them to death unti