Are You Scared to Launch Your Editing Business?
You’ve been dreaming about becoming a freelance editor for years, and yet it never feels like the right time to make the move. Y...
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Latest from the blogLine Editing Tip: Why Cutting Filter Words Isn’t Always Enough
In fiction, strong point of view (POV) is the reader’s lifeline to immersion. The deeper the POV, the more readers can live inside a character’s experience – see what they see, feel what they feel. One of the most common obstacles to this depth is the presence...
Read more12 Things Authors Want Editors to Know
Once you’ve been a professional editor for a while, it’s easy to get a bit cocky. You think you know it all. But every once in a while...
Read moreHow to Tell the Difference between a Hybrid and a Vanity Press
This is a guest post by Amelia Wiens, a fiction editor who has taken both my developmental editing ...
Read moreAccounting Tips for UK Freelance Editors
If you’re anything like me, you’re more of a word-person than a numbers-person. And that can make the accounting side of running ...
Read morePreparing a Novel for Traditional Publishing
How a novel is prepared for traditional publishing will vary a little depending on the exact way an agent and publisher operate, once ...
Read moreWhat to Do If Authors Can’t Afford Professional Editing
An author enquires about your editing services, then replies that it’s too much money. What do you do? How wealthy someone is sh...
Read moreBranding My Editorial Business: Working with a Photographer
A few months ago, I hired a professional photographer to shoot some photos for my business. I’ve been running my ...
Read moreHow to Become a Developmental Editor of Fiction
Developmental editors work with authors to help them improve (develop) their stories and the techniques they use ...
Read moreYour Editing Business Doesn’t Have to Conform
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-...
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 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 your clients want to be a published authors, they have two main options. They can either self-publish or they can work with a tradi...
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