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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How 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 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 moreWhere is an Author’s Budget for Book Editing Best Spent?
Hiring a professional editor to work on your manuscript can be expensive. And there are lots of different editorial services ...
Read moreMy First Time Presenting at a Conference
Every year, the Society for Editors and Proofreaders hosts a conference. Editorial professionals gather to chat, think and learn. This...
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 I Travelled Through Europe Running My Business From a Laptop
I’ve recently returned to the UK after travelling around Europe for nine months while still running my business, working from my...
Read moreHow to See the Potential in an Unpublished Manuscript
The other day, I was trying to work out the author’s meaning behind a particularly confusing sentence. This manuscript, I said t...
Read moreHow I Stay Productive While Travelling
At the time of writing this, I’m currently running my editing business while travelling around Europe. I’ve been doing so ...
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