Book Strategy Week: Did You Hire the ‘Write’ Editor?

Newsflash: Did you know if your writing career, you’re likely to come across approximately a dozen different types of editors? With confusing names (they aren’t all called editors!) and some overlapping territory (do you need a Copy Editor… or a Proofreader?), how will you know who to hire?

I’ve put this article together to highlight the editors you’re most likely to come across and what you can expect from them.

Plus, a bonus: I’ve worked in every single one of these positions, so I can share with you a little bit about what goes on behind the scenes — as well as what editors appreciate from writers, so you can take the best possible care of your editors while you’re working together.

If this is your first time here, hi! I’m McKenzie Lynn Tozan (you can call me McKenzie or Kenzie). 100% of the time, I am a mama of 3, wife, cat-mom, and book and movie/TV show enthusiast. By night, I am a poet, novelist, and professional book review. And by day, I am a freelance writer, high-ticket copywriter, and book strategist.

But what is Book Strategy? To put it simply, I offer A — Z services to authors, all the way from outlining/developing a bare-bones concept into a complete first draft… all the way up through publishing their book and marketing it (while growing their author presence…