May 2019: Dorothy Zemach

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Notes compiled by Sherri Schultz from a presentation at the Springfield/Eugene-area Editors (SEE) monthly lunch hour, May 14, 2019. For more info about Dorothy, visit her website: www.dorothyzemach.com.

Dorothy told us about her journey to editing. One early client wrote a romance novel called Cake as a lark, which Dorothy edited, and it caught fire; the author has now written a series of five.

Dorothy also edits fiction for Amazon and operates Wayzgoose Press; she brought many books to show.

Resources & concepts mentioned:

• She had high praise for Vellum, a Mac-only book-publishing tool ($199-$250).
• Her tax preparer and CPA par excellence is Bob Buchholtz.
  • The merits of an LLC vs. an S corporation (the option that Dorothy chose, on Bob's advice given her personal & family situation) were discussed.
• Pearson and ETS were critiqued heartily; Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on standardized testing was called spot-on.