Congratulations are in order to SRD Editing Services editor Cortni Merritt for the recent publication of her poem "ballerina jewelry box" in The Hootlet's Nook online magazine. The poem was inspired by someone close to her and his relationship with his daughter. It centers on themes of loss, hope, and the mixed emotions involved in fatherly love. [...]
For the first time, SRD Editing Services is excited to announce special pricing for Small Business Saturday (Nov. 30)! And guess what? It'll be the perfect gift for a writer in your life. New clients will receive 15% off their first project (usually reserved for our repeat clients!), and repeat clients will receive 25% off [...]
Since 2018, SRD Editing Services has helped hundreds of writers in fiction and nonfiction genres turn their dreams of a book into a reality. For the first time, we'll bring together and introduce all our writers and interested readers to one another through a quarterly newsletter! Although the blog and social media channels have been [...]
Exciting news! Beginning November 11, Veterans Day, 2024, SRD Editing Services will extend a 10% discount to active duty and veteran service members of any branch of the US armed forces. Founded in 2018, SRD Editing Services began offering discounts to repeat clients in 2019, and discounts to current students and alumni of the schools [...]
Read It Write It Book and Writing Festival Editor Cortni had a wonderful time at the Read It Write It Book and Writing Festival 2024. The event took place at the Mall at Wellington Green on a bright and sunny Saturday, June 15, a perfect backdrop for the sunny group of writers who met to [...]
The Legacy of You: Writing & Publishing Books Every now and then, I'll get a request for legal advice for writers that I don't know the answer to -- but I love learning! When I was completing my BA in English, I was a copywriter at a local attorney's office, so I learned a few [...]
SRD Editing Services is excited to announce our confirmed attendance to the “Read It, Write It” festival in Wellington, Florida, in June 2024! The second “Read It, Write It” festival will be free to the public and include a number of exciting authorship events, including: Author talks, book signings & meet-and-greets with renowned authors. Writing […]
What Does it Cost to Self-Publish a Book? As an editor with more than ten years of experience, I can’t tell you how many times writers have asked me, “What does it cost to self-publish a book?” Although it seems like a straightforward enough question, the simplest answer is “It varies,” but writers are seldom [...]
I read an article recently that got me thinking about changes to the standards in books and publishing. We're all familiar with the “credits” that run after audio-video productions (TV shows and movies), but what if books had a “credits page” in a similar fashion? Avid Press, says Publishers Lunch, is making a credits page [...]
July 1 is the first anniversary of SRD Editing Services' membership in the Editorial Freelancers Association. In the past year, editor Cortni Merritt has taken some awesome editor training and webinar sessions provided by the EFA, and we wanted to tell you a bit more about what's going on behind-the-scenes and in-front-of-the-screens at SRD Editing [...]