The Editorial Process for First-time Authors - podcast

First-time authors are often unaware of how complex and intimate the book editing process is, says writing coach and editor David Colin Carr. He thinks it's important for a writer to know if they want to collaborate, whether it be in structure or writing. Or would they be happier using a ghostwriter? In whatever scenario, it is most important that the writer feel in control of the process.
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    Thank you for sharing your wisdom.  I will have a framework for the editors before they start reading my work.  

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    David, I am interested in knowing more about what you do. I have a project that I have been working on for years but cannot get my ideas organized in my head so of course I am unable to put them together. I have notes every where. Dorothy Winningham
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    Writing the book THE VOICE OF THE SEVEN THUNDERS, was the easiest for me because the Spirit of the Lord dictated it to me , all I did was to record the words he spoke. It took 14 years to complete and to transcribe into word format from the original handwritten manuscript . Although it took so long it was a pleasure to me. The nightmare was to market it because I was not known, I was hidden amongst millions of writers on the internet selling programs competing for recognition. That is my problem.
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    Good day David This is true words you speak, after the book is written the real work starts. Maria Wood
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    David, I have wrote two books of poetry and the second is more successful than the first. I am having both books edited because I know without a doubt they need polishing. I just have a serious fear my poems are not good enough for market.

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