Do 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 ...
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Latest from the blogDo I Need a Degree to Be a Novel Editor?
If you’ve ever dreamed of becoming a book editor, you might have asked yourself the question: ‘Do I really need a degree for this?’ After all, you probably already know where to put a comma (well, most of the time) and can spot a typo from a mile a...
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?
I’ve been asked this question a couple of times recently, so I thought I’d clear things up! Does an ellipsis have a space ...
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 moreWriting Fairy Tales – What You Need to Know
In classic fairy tales, characters are often flat and the stories have a disgusting whiff of social control about them … Yet the...
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 moreWhat Makes a Good Steampunk Novel?
If you don’t know much about steampunk, you probably think this literary genre is just science fiction set in Victorian times. B...
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