Louise Harris – The Four Types of Editing Every Author Needs

About this episode

Louise Harris discusses the four types of editing every author needs and shares insights from her extensive editing career.

Louise Harris is the founder and president of Last Research and Editing, a comprehensive editing service specializing in both fiction and nonfiction books. With a journalism degree from the University of Maryland, Louise discovered early in her career that she's better at editing others' work than writing her own—a realization that shaped her 20+ year editing career. Known for her old-school approach of printing manuscripts and using colored pens (green at Christmas, pink at Easter), Louise p...

People in this episode

Host: Teddy Smith

Guest: Louise Harris

Topics covered

• editing
• publishing
• fiction
• nonfiction
• author support

Keywords

• editing types
• author editing
• fiction editing
• nonfiction editing
• editing services

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Last Research and Editing, University of Maryland

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