Once you’ve finished writing your novel and you’ve decided to hire an editor, you then have to find the right editor for you. Just as there’s no one way to write a novel, there’s no one way to edit a [...]
I run my own business. I employ myself – and no one else. I want my business to reflect my personality and values. To me, it’s important I connect emotionally with my clients. But I don’t want my sense of [...]
On the last day of 2016, I published my Year in Review and Goals for 2017. Since then, I’ve been doing quarterly reviews to keep track of where I am and recalibrate. Main Goals for 2017: Conduct twelve critiques. Edit six [...]
A few years ago, I was staying in a tiny traditional guest house in South Korea for a few days on my two-week journey around the country. Who did I meet there? Someone who lived in my home town back [...]
A client has approached you to help them with their novel manuscript. They either don't know about the different stages of editing, or they only have a budget for one round of editing. What do you do? Should you combine your [...]
I wonder if the following scenario sounds familiar. You know a writer who has self-published several books. They bashed them out at a dizzying speed. You’ve seen their writing – extracts they post on Facebook or their blog. It’s always [...]
If you're an author of fiction and want to follow the traditional route to publication, you’re going to need a literary agent. A query letter (also known as a pitch letter or cover letter) is one of three things you [...]
Even though we work with words, why is it so difficult to nail the copy on our websites? As editorial business owners, it’s literally our job to help others write with precision and clarity … but writing for ourselves is [...]
Not so long ago, there weren’t many resources available that would enable an author to self-publish their writing. As the technology emerged, so did a stigma. It was thought that you only self-published if your book wasn’t good enough to [...]
As a freelance editor, do you absolutely need to have a website? The short answer is no. Yet I’m going to argue why every editorial business owner should have a website, because there are a lot of awesome benefits to be had. When [...]
