Let’s talk book publishing, y’all. You know the scene in Little Women (the one with Wynona Ryder), when Jo is scribbling over her cute little desk? She has a giant stack of crisp papers next to her and she’s wrapping up her story. She collects all the pages all together, holds them to her chest, […]

One of the trickiest parts of hiring a book editor for self-publishing is knowing what type of editing you need. So let’s use a house analogy to make it clear, because writing a book is surprisingly similar to building a house. You need a foundation, walls, and decor. Three major phases. When self-publishing your book, […]

I’ll never forget one of the most painful experiences of my writing life. I was a college freelance writer working on a profile piece of a university donor. I didn’t research much beforehand and realized during the interview that he had climbed the ladder to CEO of a major oil company. (Major journalism no-no, by […]