Below are some tips and resources to guide you in your revision process. If you have any other ideas for a post you’d like to see, please let me know!

The Editing Process

• Intro to the Editing Process

• How to Choose an Editor

• What to Do With Your Tracked Changes

• The Danger of Crowdsourcing Editing

KIDLIT

• Rhyme & Metre Series

  • Part 1: So You Want to Write a Rhyming Book?

  • Part 2: Taking the Stress Out of Metre and Stress

  • Part 3: 5 Easy Ways to Improve Your Rhyming Picture Book

• When to Illustrate Your Picture Book

• How to Read a Pronunciation Guide

• Do Rhyming Picture Books Work Like Songs?

WRITING TIPS

• Books & Burgers: Choosing Your Best Ideas

• 4 Simple Steps for Revising Your Book

• Should You Use the Oxford Comma?

GUEST POSTS

• The Editors’ Weekly, the official blog of Editors Canada

  • On Editing an Editor: Margaret Kingsbury and Laura Bontje in Conversation

  • Editing Picture Books without the Pictures

  • The Pros and Cons of Sample Edits

  • Editing for Authors on a Budget

  • Freelancing While Parenting Young Kids

  • Preparing for Traditional Publishing: Tips from Agents and Editors

  • Trello for Editors: Three Ways to Make It Your Own

• Picture Books, Eh

  • “I Wonder”

• The Editors Tea Club

  • In Our Own Words: The Value of the Editors Tea Club

  • How to Plan for the Holidays as a Freelance Editor

• Maman Loup’s Den

  • The Top 3 Reasons Your Brand Needs an Editor

Interviews

• March 2024: Writers’ Rumpus: “Was It a Great Debut Picture Book Author I Interviewed? Yes. Yes, It Was!”

• April 2024: Chat with the PB Lady: Was It a Cat I Saw?

• June 2024: Queen’s Alumni Review: A wonderful world of wordplay

• October 2024: Turning Back the Pages Podcast: The Wonderful Pigs of Jillian Jiggs