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  • How to find a literary agent in the US
    Getting published | Literary agents | Traditional publishing

    How to find a literary agent in the US

    If you’re based in the US and hoping to get published, you’ll need a literary agent – and I’m going…

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  • Why literary agents reject novels
    Getting published | Literary agents

    Why literary agents reject novels

    If you’ve been submitting to literary agents for any length of time, odds are, you’ve received some rejections. Sometimes, agents…

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  • Is your manuscript ready for a professional assessment?
    Editing | Working with an editor

    Is your manuscript ready for a professional assessment?

    So you’ve written a manuscript – perhaps you’re now considering professional feedback or assessment, and wondering if the manuscript is…

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  • 5 pieces of writing advice from Tolkien's life
    Advice for writers | Writing

    5 pieces of writing advice from Tolkien’s life

    I recently finished reading the biography of J.R.R. Tolkien by Humphrey Carpenter, and there’s a surprising amount of writing advice…

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Hi, I'm Rachel! I'm a professional editor and an author. I've worked on 200+ books for both publishing houses and independent writers. My novels have been translated into eight languages.

As someone who has been in the industry a long time, I love nothing more then sharing advice on all things writing and publishing.

New posts are added regularly. Enjoy!

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  • Snowed In at the Cat Cafe
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  • The Girls Are Good by Ilaria Bernardini
  • Love at First Knight by Megan Clawson
  • The Wise One by K.T. Anglehart
  • The Twin Flame by K.T. Anglehart
  • The Book of Martyrs by various authors
  • Darkness in the Blood by Guy Haley
  • The Wolf king by Lauren Palphreyman
  • The Other Ones by Fran Hart
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I went to IKEA recently, and someone had placed th I went to IKEA recently, and someone had placed this little stuffed cat inside a basket-house. Not sure if the basket is actually meant to be a house or just an oddly shaped decoration, but it's the perfect shape to house a stuffed animal, and it made me smile. 🐱 

The wider world feels very heavy right now (an understatement if ever there was one), but small moments of human fun, creativity, and whimsy like this one make me smile. Hope you've all been managing to find small moments of joy if you can. 🤍

Now I'm off back to my editing cave where I'll be working on some excellent client books. 📝
If you dig around on the internet long enough, you If you dig around on the internet long enough, you’ll probably encounter some of these myths about publishing…

The bookshop one definitely caught me out when I was a new traditionally published author! 👀 I was lucky enough to find my book in some Waterstones branches, but it wasn't in all of them – not even my local one, which I had been writing in for years! 

Are any of these surprising to you? 

#writingcommunity #writersofinstagram #writerscommunity
I was inspired by a recent Substack from @jackstra I was inspired by a recent Substack from @jackstrangeauthor talking about his journey writing romance and how it was almost fated. My own road to this genre was pretty unusual and something I truly didn't expect, even though it now feels very right for me, so I wrote about it in my own newsletter.

You can read it at the link in my bio. 🤍

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A day in the life of a professional fiction editor A day in the life of a professional fiction editor and author! I've seen other people do these and thought they looked fun, so here is mine! 📚

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