Mar 25 2025 78 mins 5
What ten editing tips should all authors know? We share in this classic replay of our interview with Editorial Consultant, Mary-Theresa Hussey.
Prior to becoming a freelance editorial consultant, Mary-Theresa (known as Matrice) worked at Harlequin for more than 25 years, editing nearly a thousand titles. As editor, senior and executive editor, she read, acquired, revised, rejected and critiqued triple that. Many of the books she has edited went on to find places on both the NYT and USA Today bestseller lists.
About Mary-Theresa Hussey
How do you recognize an editor? Aside from a love of finding typos in menus, guessing plots while halfway through movies, and an insatiable curiosity about the how and why, an editor will often be adaptable, flexible, know the rules—and know when to ignore them because it makes a better story.
Mary-Theresa Hussey--also known as Matrice--knew from the start she loved the stories found in books—and that she didn’t want to be a writer. Some courses in Villanova University where classmates critiqued each other's papers made her intrigued by the role of the person behind the author.
A native New Yorker, she worked with Harlequin for over 25 years, editing nearly a thousand titles. As editor, senior and executive editor she read, acquired, revised, rejected and critiqued triple that. Now she’s bringing her experience to the freelance world.
Aside from her love of genre fiction, she likes tv and movies, traveling, taking pictures and browsing on the internet.
She’s always eager for the next good story—and hoping it’s well-told.
Contact her at [email protected]
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Resources mentioned:
Tiktok – follow @iamthatenglishteacher for grammar and punctuation tips
KM Weiland’s Structuring Your Novel (https://www.amazon.com/K-M-Weiland/e/B002RCXQ00/)
Enneagram : https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/type-descriptions
Myers Briggs: https://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-personality-test-new
Purdue Writing resources: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/grammar/index.html
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