What is a consulting editor?
A consulting editor is an independent publishing professional who provides editorial help, advice, and guidance to authors. Often a consulting editor is engaged directly by the author; in other cases, a literary agent or book publisher may play a role in teaming up an author and editor. Most consulting editors launch their own practices after honing their craft as in-house editors at publishing companies. The members of the Consulting Editors Alliance (CEA) all have at least fifteen years’ experience in publishing, which means that they bring to each project an enormous reservoir of knowledge about what works, what doesn’t, and how to develop every book to its greatest potential.
