355. On the Job with Carla Benton, Book Copy Editor & Proofreader
"If you want to do this job, you have to be willing to assume that you could be wrong about just about everything. You need to be willing to look everything up."
Carla Benton gets paid to read all day. Sound like the dream? As a freelance book copy editor and proofreader, Carla agrees: She's living her dream. (She worked on 70 books last year alone!) On this episode, Carla (whose twin sister, Emilia, was on the show a few weeks ago) offers a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to get a book published. She started her career in publishing in New York City, where she worked for major…
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