Client Spotlight: Ben Ellis on Being Traditionally Published
Last week was the one-year anniversary of the publication of How We Got to Today by Ben Ellis. Six years ago, Ben sent his work-in-pro...
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Latest from the blogClient Spotlight: Ben Ellis on Being Traditionally Published
Last week was the one-year anniversary of the publication of How We Got to Today by Ben Ellis. Six years ago, Ben sent his work-in-progress to me for feedback. This was the second book Ben sent to me. I copy-edited his first book – a dystopian satire titled In...
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