I hope you always have smooth sailing working with your editor.
Editors
I know that we are dreaded like the plague
And good writers all have been known to beg
For leniency, or “for just this once”
“Let me please have my participles in a bunch…”
It’s not rocket science or even a hunch
There really are tried and true rules
That adhere to the ‘Elements of Style’ clues
The bible, so to speak, on traditional editing
There is a right way and a wrong way for betting
On your words, finding your way
To take your thoughts and what you say
And put it in verse for another day
Or lovely prose with descriptive highlights
To tickle someone’s fancy and take them to new heights
In appreciating a well-edited dialogue
So your momentous scene isn’t bogged
Down, dribbling with boring facts
Or inconsequential IT hacks
Who’d rather be staring at patterns in binary
Who cares about your words? So secondary
To your science, technical, and professional views
If you can’t spill the beans on the most recent news
In your industry and do it justice
Your words are just tracks of scuffs
Showing you’ve been there
But you just didn’t care
About the right ways to present
Your latest new plot or business event
When you need to get the word out
By better means than just a shout
Editors can make it delectable–
Extract the extraneous, enhance the essential
Let your words speak for themselves
Letting your editor proofread and clarify
With accuracy and consistency
What you need to in-print upon the masses
For all time, literate passes
Through the online super highway
To express your desires, put out the fires
On the subject matter that you share with your peers
Releasing your fears, making the syntax clear
Yeah, an editor can do all that…
–© 2016 by Deborah A Bowman.
Editing from yesteryear…
BowmanAuthor and Writer/Editor 
I look forward to working with you on my next novel.
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I’m finishing my own book and clearing the schedule for you and one other novella/novelist. I think I’m on track for both of you. Are you still looking at year-end/early next year or sooner?
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Year end probably.
Will you be able to edit children’s story before December?
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Yes, you can send that to me after August 7th. I have a conference, then I’ll will be hiding from the heat and humidity. Redheads don’t do well in such weather. My husband runs around yelling, “Redhead down; Redhead down.” Not even mildly amusing..
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☺ yes I have also been feeling overheated lately which is odd as I orginally come from a country where it’s hot 90% of the year🌞
Thanks will send after 7th August.
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My children’s story only 4 pages. Will be longer once illustrations added.
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Yes, it will make a big difference once the illustrations are inserted. I will be available to look at it after I return from the eWomen network Conference in Dallas, TX, after the 7th of August. Looking forward to it.
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Thanks Deborah ☺
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You’re welcome. I’m traveling through the 7th of August. Will email you when I return. Of course, I don’t need illustrations to edit.
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I’m not in any rush, so don’t worry.
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Yes.Wrapping up reserved special limited run on Annie’s Story. But reformatting should go quickly. Final rewrite for accuracy. Proofreading is so tiring.
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Deb you are the word sorceress. Beautifully written. And you are not dreaded, nor should you be. Editors are our friends. They save of from embarrassing typos. 🙂
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Well, that’s true except for ones I make. Somehow an error always seems to occur when you’re correcting something else. Funny how that happens.
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Human nature, 🙂
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Nicely written. ☺
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