Helping Authors Write Their Query Letters
If you’re a fiction editor and your author-clients want to follow the traditional route to publication, you might offer to help ...
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Latest from the blogAI and Fiction Editing: Should You Use It, Can You Trust It and Will It Take Your Job?
I’ve written before about why I don’t think AI is going to replace freelance fiction editors, but it’s time to revisit the topic and dive a bit deeper. My main argument previously was that AI does not have emotional and creative judgement, and those things are...
Read moreWebsite Copy Tips for Editorial Business Owners
Even though editors work with words, they often find it difficult to nail the copy on their website. As editorial business owners, it’...
Read moreDo Freelance Editors NEED a Website?
As a freelance editor, do you absolutely need to have a website? The short answer is no. Yet I’m going to argue why ...
Read more5 Reasons You SHOULDN’T Offer Developmental Fiction Editing
So, you’re an editorial professional who’s decided you’d like to dip your toe into developmental fiction editing. It sounds like a fun...
Read moreHow to Deal with Clients Who Won’t Pay What Your Service is Worth
If you’re a freelance editor, I’m sure you’ve been in this situation before … You’re in conversation wit...
Read moreDoes an Ellipsis Have Spaces Between the Dots?
Does an ellipsis have a space between each dot (. . .) or should all the dots be together (…)? The short answer? Either is fine....
Read moreThe Different Stages of Editing a Novel
It may surprise you to discover there are three stages of editing that a novel should go through before publication. The first looks a...
Read moreWhy Most Grammar Guides Suck (and Where to Get Answers Instead)
A little while ago I had the pleasure of seeing Professor Geoff Pullum, head of linguistics and English language at the University of ...
Read moreWhat’s the Difference Between Omniscient and Third Person Narration?
Whether you’re a writer or an editor, it’s sometimes easy to get confused between omniscient and third person narration. O...
Read moreWhat I’ve Learned About Attending Editing Conferences
I’ve just come back from a few days in Edinburgh, where attended the Society for Editors and Proofreader’s Mini-Conference...
Read more5 Mistakes I Made When I Started My Fiction Editing Business
Starting your own editing business can be scary. You have no colleagues to turn to for advice, no managers to steer you in the right d...
Read moreHow I Use Social Media in My Business
Lots of editors get hung up on the use of social media to market their businesses … I suspect it starts to feel like something w...
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The newsletter that shares lessons and reflections on the art and business of editing.Course updates, special offers and honest opinions on the editing and publishing industry – plus insights into the life of a small business owner: how I juggle a toddler (not literally), limited hours and high ambitions while trying to cultivate meaningful work.
