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Every now and then, I see a forum or social media post from a desperate editor. ‘Please tell me, is it really possible to earn a full-...

I hate it when authors call their book their baby. I understand why some authors say this. I get that your book came from you, that yo...

I’m a professional fiction editor. And for me, there’s a single guiding principle behind every editorial decision I make. It’s simply ...

For 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...

It’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...

A few weeks ago, an email dropped into my inbox. It was a past client, letting me know the manuscript I had line and copy-edited for h...

I know that you know the answer to this question: it depends. It depends on the writer, and it depends on the novel. Even so, you’re c...

I 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...

If you want to be a published author, you have two main options. You can either self-publish or you can work with a traditional publis...

In a nutshell … nope! Developmental editing is very different to copy-editing and proofreading ...

I’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...

Asking for feedback while writing is a tricky thing. Because it takes so long to write a novel, it makes sense that you’d crave some p...