Hello Everyone!
The first thing that struck me about her is that she’s a very lovely and gracious person! I say gracious because I came into the room an hour early completely forgetting that yesterday was when the time change took effect.
I had been Pming her with one message after another in hopes she would hear the notifications from each message sent and realize something was up, not because I was freaking out.
After about a half hour she came into the room and was so pleasant about it. It wasn’t until after our meeting that I was made aware of the time change.
Anyway, when all that was settled we got to work on my piece. Let me tell you, she really knows her stuff, people! At first, I was a bit concerned because some of the punctuation styles we utilize in the States are different than in the UK. For instance, here in the States we use double quotation marks in dialogue. Those in the UK use single quotation marks.
I love how Sooz went through it line by line with me and talked in depth about my obsession with exclamation points!!!!! I told her it’s because all my characters are in a constant state of panic and that I got the exclamation points at a discount, so I may as well use them!!!!!!
The cost of this one lesson was £25, but worked out to $32.24. That’s still a pretty good deal. That was the best $32 I’ve spent in a long time.
Thank you, Sooz, for the great editing session!!!! I would definitely urge everyone to sit with her while she lets her genius run wild!
Please, I urge you to book an appointment with her TODAY. You won’t regret it!!!!! Happy writing everyone!!!!
Katherine Black / Susan (Sooz) Simpson
Founder of Best Book Editors
Katherine has held almost every single job imaginable, from painting gnomes to zookeeper. She spent most of her life in the caring profession and has managed both a nursing home and a care agency. But her passion for the written language always brings her home to novel writing.
Born in Tyne-and-Wear, North-East England, she has settled in the beautiful Lake District, Cumbria, with her partner, two dogs, a cat, an iguana and a python (just don’t ask her which of those six things is her favourite!).
She specialises in content creation and social media outreach, and has been a developmental editor for hundreds of clients. She owns and operates bestbookeditors.com where she helps foundling authors polish their skills. However, after being diagnosed with a dramatic brain condition in 2022, she has had to let 23 staff go, and scale back the business. BBE is still very much open, we are just fewer and can’t take as much work on.
Katherine Black is the author of psychological thriller/detective/fantasy adventure novels.
