I Gave Up Social Media for a Month and Here’s What Happened
I’ve written before about my thoughts on social media and also how I use social media in my business. Social media ...
Read moreI started my editing business over ten years ago. This is the first time I’ve ever taken some extended time away from it. Which feels weird. Lots of people go freelance because they’ve had children and they need the flexibility. Instead, I went freelance simpl...
Read moreI’ve written before about my thoughts on social media and also how I use social media in my business. Social media ...
Read moreEvery 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 moreI 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...
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 moreA 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 moreI 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 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 moreIf 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 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...
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