by Kayleigh | Nov 11, 2022 | Freelancer Tips, Hiring an Editor, Publishing Tips
For a writer to improve what isn’t working in their manuscript, they need to know what is. Different professionals can help you in different ways. While beta readers are intended to give you their perspective of your work as a reader, a developmental editor is... by Kayleigh | Nov 7, 2022 | Marketing Tips
Do you have a social media calendar/planning spreadsheet? Do you schedule your posts? Plenty of folks don’t realize how critical this can be in promoting yourself and your work across multiple platforms—without also burning yourself out. Scheduling posts during the... by Kayleigh | Oct 28, 2022 | Editing Tips, Publishing Tips
I met with the head of a literary agency last week (because: work) and we were talking about NaNoWriMo. This person told me they are already preparing for the influx of submissions “because people just write and send it out, they don’t take the time to edit.” I... by Kayleigh | Oct 28, 2022 | Editing Tips
I saw a comment in a Facebook group from an editor trying to convince a writer to skip the developmental edit because a line edit is “basically the same thing.” 🚩🚩🚩 This is bad advice! Both line editing and developmental editing are valuable BUT have a different... by Kayleigh | Oct 14, 2022 | Writing Tips
First-person POV opens you up to the fun of an unreliable narrator. Because we lose the all-knowing perspective of third-person omniscient, first-person allows for info to be withheld (deliberately or not) or skewed through the character’s experiences or reader...
