I haven’t updated this WordPress blog for a while, but I have migrated onto Substack in 2025! The Honest Editor is a newsletter (it’s free!) designed to lift the lid on the publishing industry, and tell you the truth about how it all really works. You can sign up here – you’ll find content about acquisitions meetings, cover art processes, why it takes editors a while to reply to submissions, and more. I hope you enjoy it and thank you for continuing to follow me.

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