This is my first time going through this process, but I a little guidance on where to go from here.
March 7th, I sent out a brief for developmental editing and copy editing. Selected an editor, that was a bit pricier but came with projects that align with my manuscript. Users appear to have worked will with this person in the past.
Uploaded the manuscript on March 11th.
Received a thanks email same day.
March 28th, I checked in just to make sure I hadn't missed anything or whether he was waiting on me for anything.
He replied same day, that he would be sending edits my way that weekend. The weekend came and went...no upload.
April 8th I reached out...again, Reedsy is new to me so I wanted to make sure I didn't miss anything, his reply, he is sending edits in 30 min. He did send them later that day.
He reviewed 5 chapters of a 48 chapter manuscript with a prologue and epilogue. There were no developmental edits, only minor copy edits.
I returned it as reviewed within the hour.
April 20th - short check in email
Same day, received a response that he would be sending edits that weekend.
The weekend came and went.
April 28th. I sent an email requesting structure. If he had been keeping to dates that he sent, I would have been ok, he he was not keeping to those.
May 1st - he responded with, he would be sending 25 chapters of line edits On May 8th and developmental edits on the first 5 chapters on June 3rd and I could ask for a no cost extension since the project was due to be over on June 11th.
I did a double read...because my research showed that developmental edits should come first because they matter more. Line edits might no longer matter if a whole sections need to be redone.
I replied, asking for some clarification on his approach based on his order. If there is no benefit to manuscript that he should redo the timeline with developmental edits being the focus THEN line editing.
If he could not the we should part ways amicably.
Am I being extra here?