I know this question comes up sometimes, and I seem to recall that the general advice is not to spring for professional editing before you start querying agents and/or presses that take unagented submissions, but to get beta readers and polish, polish, polish it yourself.
But this article suggests that one should hire an editor, even if going the trade-publishing route.
http://ift.tt/1VtHTfN
This is a bit depressing, since I understand that good, developmental editors are very expensive, and while I'm not dirt poor, 2-3 thousand dollars (or whatever a good developmental editor costs) is a not a chunk of money I can part with lightly. I guess it would be a leg up on self publishing it, but I'm not as hot on self publishing as some people are for all kinds of reasons.
So my question is, does having a good editor you hired before querying greatly increase the odds of getting an agent's or editor's attention? I guess I'm afraid of spending money on editing for a manuscript, polishing it to a diamond shine, but still having it rejected anyway. Is it something most previously published authors spring for on their own work, before they send it on to their agent or their editor at their publishing house?
How many of you guys have hired editors before querying? For those who have been agented and or published, do you think it made a difference?
Hiring an editor before shopping your novel?
But this article suggests that one should hire an editor, even if going the trade-publishing route.
http://ift.tt/1VtHTfN
This is a bit depressing, since I understand that good, developmental editors are very expensive, and while I'm not dirt poor, 2-3 thousand dollars (or whatever a good developmental editor costs) is a not a chunk of money I can part with lightly. I guess it would be a leg up on self publishing it, but I'm not as hot on self publishing as some people are for all kinds of reasons.
So my question is, does having a good editor you hired before querying greatly increase the odds of getting an agent's or editor's attention? I guess I'm afraid of spending money on editing for a manuscript, polishing it to a diamond shine, but still having it rejected anyway. Is it something most previously published authors spring for on their own work, before they send it on to their agent or their editor at their publishing house?
How many of you guys have hired editors before querying? For those who have been agented and or published, do you think it made a difference?
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