@indianyooper wrote:
Any feedback about Wordsmithpros?
They're awful, in my experience and opinion. I did a shop once that was edited by a Wordsmith editor, and she changed my correct usage to incorrect! She changed a plural possessive word (which it should have been) to a singular possessive (which was incorrect), she capitalized words that shouldn't have been, she asked me for information that was already in the report. I was furious after going back and forth and back and forth with her. What would have been a very profitable shop turned out to be little more than break even by the time all was said and done. I had to get the managing editor of the MSC involved.
I've heard from other people, not necessarily in the shopping field, that their experiences with this firm have been terrible, too.
By trade, I'm a professional writer and editor. I thought about becoming an editor for a company that advertises once or twice a year for editors and e-mailed them asking for more information. There's no way the pay is commensurate with the work involved. If these firms want competent editors, they're gonna have to pay for them. IMO.
I learn something new every day, but not everyday!
I've learned to never trust spell-check or my phone's auto-fill feature.