1/15 Thread about EDITS.✏️As someone on both sides of the publishing fence I wanted to talk a bit about the editing process + how to deal with it. Having your book edited can be terrifying - after all, it’s something you’ve worked on for ages + now it’s in someone else’s control! 2/15 Of course that feels weird. AIM: the aim of edits is to make your book better + to ensure it appeals to as many readers as possible. Often, as the author you’ve spent so long working on your ms that you naturally become a bit blind to it + so another pair of eyes is crucial.

1/11 On writing rejection - THREAD: As rejection is part and parcel of an author’s life (I literally don’t know a writer who hasn’t experienced it!) I thought it might be helpful to discuss some of the reasons WHY a trad publisher might reject a book. I think it’s important for 2/11 authors not to internalise rejection as v often, it’s nothing to do with them at all. SPACE ON LIST: sometimes, your novel might be just too similar to someone else’s that is already on your publisher’s list. If that’s the case, we often feel it wouldn’t be fair to take on