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editorial process

The Art of Compassionate Critique: Why Building a Strong Editor-Author Relationship is Vital to a Book’s Success

By Emma Wolf

February 8, 2021 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Art of Compassionate Critique: Why Building a Strong Editor-Author Relationship is Vital to a Book’s Success

Taking criticism is never easy, especially when it comes to a piece of creative work. Respectful and open communication between author and editor will lead to the most fruitful editorial process, which is why establishing solid author relations needs to be a high priority for a book editor.

Filed Under: Editing, Manager Monday Tagged With: Authors, books, communication, critique, develop, editorial process, Editors, feedback, Manager Monday, publishing, Relationship, tone

Ooligan’s Unique Editorial Process

By Gina Walter

January 1, 2020 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

Ooligan’s Unique Editorial Process

While editing might seem quite straightforward at first, the process must be flexible based on the manuscript, the genre, and the press. In this post, I’ll be giving a little bit of insight into how books are edited here at Ooligan, since we do things a little differently.

Filed Under: Inside Ooligan Tagged With: Authenticity Read, copyedit, developmental edit, Editing, editing process, Editing Stages, editorial, editorial process, Editorial Stages, inside ooligan, Ooligan, proofread

You CAN Make Your Editor’s Life Easier!

By Alexis McIvor

December 19, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

You CAN Make Your Editor’s Life Easier!

The most important thing to remember about an editor, is that they are people too (no, they are not perfect); they do have feelings. Having to deal with the stigma surrounding their profession, as well as their actual work, can be pretty overwhelming. Shouldn’t authors want to be helpful, especially for someone they will be working so closely with? Newsflash: you CAN make your editors life easier! Here is some advice that will allow you (as a writer) to ease the weight on your editor’s shoulders.

Filed Under: Editing Tagged With: advice, author relationships, Authors, Editing, editorial process, Ooligan, portland state university

The Compilation Edit

By Lisa Hein @lisamhein

June 18, 2018 by OoliganPress Leave a Comment

The Compilation Edit

The compilation edit is unique to the operations of our teaching press, but coordinating this type of edit has been an invaluable learning experience for me as an editing professional. Editorial work is often more of a flexible art than a task that follows a standard procedure, as there are many ways to work with an author to bring out the best in their work.

Filed Under: Editing, Manager Monday Tagged With: author relations, book editing, book production, collaborative editing, compilation edit, consistency, copyediting, developmental editing, editing education, editorial communication, editorial process, manuscript development, ooligan press, proofreading, publishing house, publishing teamwork, publishing timeline, teaching press

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