We discuss editorial humility and the question we should ask ourselves at the start of every project: Who’s the boss of the book? Listen to find out more about Why the author is the boss of their book The kinds of changes we make Explaining the why of our edits Working with anxious authors Discovering the root of the author's worries Sample editing to reassure both parties Establishing the terms of service How editors provide services, not products When editors do get to be the boss ' Humbly, your copyeditor ' (Liz Jones, Responsive Editing) Join our Patreon community Our patrons benefit from access to PDF transcripts for all episodes featuring just Louise and Denise, and for some of our guest episodes. If you'd like to support The Editing Podcast, join our Patreon community! patreon.com/editingpodcast Denise and Louise Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing Music credit 'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
