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Writer’s burnout can happen for lots of reasons – stress, overworking yourself, putting pressure on yourself and your work, forcing the work in spite of difficult circumstances. It’s fairly common, especially among writers who also have a full-time job and/or other responsibilities. Luckily, there are…
When you’re working with a freelance editor, there are usually a range of things you need to give them: your project’s genre and word count, the age category or audience, blurb, sample chapters, your publication goals. But should your give your editor any content warnings…
After spending lots of time planning and writing, you’ve finally finished a manuscript (woohoo!) – now you’ll need to work on self-editing your novel. This step is important even if you’re going to be sending your work to a freelance editor (it can save you…
This question comes up fairly frequently on social media and in writing groups: should you hire a freelance editor before submitting to agents or publishers? Is it necessary? In self-publishing, you tend to have to do everything yourself, including finding your own editor. But traditional…
Writing when you have a full-time job isn’t easy. I recently spotted a tweet expressing worry about how anyone can have time to write when they have to work full-time hours. I thought it’d be a good topic for a blog post, because it’s something…
If you aren’t overly familiar with Twitter, you might not be sure what Twitter pitching events for writers are. During these events, you can pitch your work to literary agents using a hashtag. It’s an alternative to querying literary agents. If you’re struggling to get…
Word count is something I get asked about a lot – it’s especially important when submitting your novel to literary agents or publishers. Many of them will reject based on word count alone, for instance if it’s *way* too high. It’s a good idea to…
Thinking about how to choose the right editor for your book can be overwhelming! There’s so much to consider, and there are so many freelance editors out there, it’s difficult to know where to start. Here are some things you should consider when you’re searching…
