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Hey Reader,, There's no shortage of advice for authors. Facebook groups, Reddit threads, YouTube videos. In fact, information about publishing is everywhere, it's free, and a lot of it sounds pretty reasonable. Sometimes it all sounds reasonable. Maybe too reasonable? Not only that, but there's also no shortage of people promising you that if you "just do this one thing" or "do it this exact way" or spend money to just "use FB or Amazon ads" or "let me show you exactly how I did it" you'll...
Hey Reader, I had a whole email ready to go for today and I guess I accidentally deleted it? I was writing it on my computer in Notepad and I closed the tab without saving because I thought I had it saved somewhere else but...apparently not? Oops. Dammit! I'm sure it was a great email, and I know I shared a story, but I wrote it earlier this week and I absolutely couldn't remember what I wrote. This is why, when I have newsletter ideas, I dictate them right away into my notes. Because my ADHD...
Hey Reader, It's been quiet in these newsletter parts but we've just dusted off the weekly Editing Espresso and Angela's Advice sequences so those will be starting up again, plus I'll be sending regular weekly emails again. First thing to share: I unexpectedly have a last-minute opening for an editing project either end of March or early April, due to a scheduled project moving into August. If you've been procrastinating booking edits, this is your sign. Of course I'm open to romance,...