My Single Guiding Principle as a Professional Fiction Editor
I’m a professional fiction editor. And for me, there’s a single guiding principle behind every editorial decision I make. It’s simply ...
Read moreI’m a professional fiction editor. And for me, there’s a single guiding principle behind every editorial decision I make. It’s simply ...
Read moreFor a change, I thought it’d be a fun to share a few things about me, so you can get to know me better. We can navigate our editor-aut...
Read moreIt’s that time of year again. Time has a habit of getting away from us, and I find it useful to take stock of all the significant mome...
Read moreI have a complicated relationship with money, but then I suspect most of us do. I’ve never had a great deal of it. I don’t come from a...
Read moreIn a nutshell … nope! Developmental editing is very different to copy-editing and proofreading ...
Read moreI’d planned to publish my reading log for 2017 at the end of last year or beginning of this year … You know, when it actually made sen...
Read moreAt the beginning of the year, I published my Year in Review and Goals for 2018. Last year I checked in every quarter, but this year I’...
Read moreI run my own editing business. So unlike when I used to work in a publishing house (and could slack off and still get paid the same wa...
Read moreIt’s still the first half of January, so hopefully I’m not too late in putting this post together. I mean, New Year’s isn’t the only t...
Read moreToday, I’m tired. I’ve been tired for a good few days, actually. When was the last time I had some time off? *Checks calen...
Read moreIf you want to market your editing or proofreading business, you need a website. But simply having a website isn’t enough. After all, ...
Read moreWhen people ask me what I do for a living and I tell them I edit novels, they usually follow up with ‘anything I’ll have read?’ My ans...
Read moreEditorial considerations, creative revelations and the occasional existential lamentation – sharing my experiences and personal recommendations exclusively with you.