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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.

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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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