Mary, sounds intriguing! I'll have to look into Nerium!

Thank you, Mary. I think you're spot on. I do feel that the editor I have has an incredible eye and feel for "story" and my copyeditor is very good with simply getting the job done, maybe making a suggestion or two about wording or sentence structure (if the situation warrants flexibility), but leaving the decision up to me. Thank you for taking the time to respond to my inquiries. I truly appreciate it.

Hi, Mary,

Thank you so much for this additional information. I hadn't thought of a time sheet; a practical, efficient system.

My copyeditor is a parent at my daughter's school with whom I have a very friendly acquaintance. She's very generous, understands being completely broke because she lives it, too, and wants to help me bring my ms into existence.

I believe I'll be able to scrape together something decent to pay her in the end, but she's an Irish lass (re: mighty stubborn). I may be able to convince her into an exceptionally nice dinner out or something, if I can't force her to accept a check or some Benjamins.

Many thanks again!

Mary, thanks for finding me.  Do  you want assistance of any kind?  And how did  you discover me?

best,

Nancy

Thank you : )

>mine is in a deep dark crevice of my laptop's memory bank

My first one spent some number of years in the darkness, too. Then I pulled it out and revised and got a new agent, and voila! Just in case you're thinking maybe...

This looks like terrific group of women on this site.  I have half a novel sitting in front of me and hope that I may become inspired to finish it one of these days.  

I will keep my fingers crossed that the article is printed soon!

Hey Mary  Welcome to this terrific site, I hope you are inspired and enjoy the terrific

variety of sources and resources. 

Enjoy, Jennifer Lauck