5 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...
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Latest from the blogEditing Before Querying: What Fiction Editors Should Recommend
You’re a freelance fiction editor who works directly with authors. These authors are usually either planning to self-publish or submit to literary agents. If the latter, the author wants their manuscript to be as strong as possible before they start querying –...
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...
Read moreHow Many Hours a Day Does an Editor Work?
If you’re a freelance editor, have you ever asked yourself how many hours a day you should spend editing? You might wonder how y...
Read moreWhat is Developmental Editing?
If there’s one thing that drives me bonkers in the editorial world, it’s the lack of coherent descriptions for all the different edito...
Read more5 Comma Rules You Can Sometimes Break
Commas. They look so insignificant and innocent, but in reality they’re tricky little monsters that can have a big impact on a piece o...
Read moreHow to Enjoy Freelance Freedom Without Being a Digital Nomad
When you run your own business, you can often take your work with you wherever you go. It’s one of the reasons I love running a freela...
Read more5 Things I Love About Being a Freelance Fiction Editor
Being a freelance fiction editor isn’t all sunshine and roses (self-assessment tax returns, anyone?) but the benefits of running your ...
Read moreHow Much Training Does a Fiction Editor Need?
The purpose of training is twofold: to make sure your skills are up to scratch and to demonstrate to potential clients that you know y...
Read moreWhat Are Beta Readers?
Beta readers are the people who’ll help make an author’s manuscript-in-progress tighter, better and generally more appealing. It...
Read moreLessons from An Editing Conference
Every year, the Society for Editors and Proofreaders invites its members to gather for a long weekend of chatting, drinking, eating, w...
Read moreHow To Use ‘The Hero’s Journey’ To Structure Your Novel
The hero’s journey is a story structure identified by the American writer and scholar of mythology Joseph Campbell. And it can be a re...
Read moreHow to Use Track Changes
Most editors will edit a manuscript using Word’s nifty Track Changes feature. This allows authors to see exactly what edits have been ...
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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.
