Your Book is Not Your Baby
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...
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Latest from the blogHow Do I Build a Website?
As a freelance editor, you need an online presence – and that means having your own website. But how on earth do you build one? Well, there are several options. Knowing what these options are and then choosing the right one for you is the first – arguably most...
Read moreMy 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 more9 Things I Have Never Told You
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...
Read moreYear in Review and Goals for 2019
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...
Read moreClient Interview: JS Hollis on Deciding to Self-Publish
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...
Read moreHow Long Does It Take to Write a Novel?
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...
Read moreAre Freelance Editors Rich? A Personal Story
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...
Read moreHow Many Submissions Do Literary Agents Receive?
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...
Read moreDo You Need to Understand Copy-Editing And Proofreading to Offer Developmental Editing?
In a nutshell … nope! Developmental editing is very different to copy-editing and proofreading ...
Read moreWhat I Read Over the Last 18 Months
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...
Read moreShould I Ask for Feedback on My Novel While I’m Still Writing It?
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...
Read moreMid-Year Review: Jan–Jun 2018
At 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’...
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