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Getting from Graduation to the Editor’s Desk
by, Jill Swenson
June 6, 2017

Learning how to become an editor doesn’t happen overnight. Editing isn’t a college major. Some English degree programs offer a specialization in editing and publishing, most do not. There are a handful of certificate programs in professional and graduate degree programs, but the art of editing goes far beyond knowing grammar and the basics of copyediting. A full-time job as an editor isn’t an entry-level… [Read More]

Filed Under: Alanna Reiser, Ava Russell, Bethany Dixon, Danielle Sherwood, editing, internship, Samantha Kolb, Skye Iwanski, Trace Sonnleitner
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Summertime is for reading good books
by, Jill Swenson
June 5, 2011

We begin the season of soaking up the sun and relaxing with a good book. Here at Swenson Book Development, LLC, I am not the only one who is reading books worth sharing with other readers. Over the coming weeks look here for guest bloggers who will review what they’re reading. There are a half dozen books I find myself reading simultaneously. I look forward… [Read More]

Filed Under: Angel Lawrence, Bethany Dixon, Brighton Rock, For the Love of Books, Friendship Bread, Good reads, Graham Greene, Swenson book Development LLC
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