A podcast that asks authors about their editing experiences
This week, I’m joined by YA writer and fellow podcaster Sarah Nicolas. You may have also read their romance writing under Aria Kane. Sarah shares tips on how to survive writing an entire draft in 4 weeks, the process they undertake from “I hate this” to “my editor is a genius,” and how they were able to swap services to get editing when they had no budget for it. Plus they kindly correct a common misconception that even I had about Pitch Wars and we go off on a tasty tangent about chocolate.
This week, I’m joined by veteran writer and editor Joni Sensel. Joni shares the questions she tackles in editing her work and how it's the same (or different) for corporate writing and tech editing. We also talk about how different genres have changed her approach, her writer-illustrator relationships, and how long the runway can be for publishing. Plus her furry editorial assistant chimes in!
This week, I’m joined by queer romance writer Skye Kilaen. Skye shares her process for finding beta readers and editors she can trust, how she weeds out toxic criticism, and how she took a sensitivity reader’s feedback to totally reshape a story. Plus we chat about in-house versus freelance editing and our favorite romance tropes.
This week, I’m joined by freelance writer and editor Samantha Hanni. Learn and laugh along with us as we cover serious topics, like whether your editor needs to share the same beliefs as you and how to tell if your message is landing with your readers, and not-so-serious topics, like roller coasters and creative ways to repurpose your edited darlings.
Dahlia Adler, author of Cool for the Summer, shares her stories of editing for self-published and traditional works, plus the chaos of editing anthologies. She tells how she found her critique partner BFFs and and how she fits a billion hours of work into each week, somehow squeezing writing and blogging and editing all in while still remaining active and supportive in the writing community.
