by Colin Mustful | Mar 11, 2026 | Editing
There’s a moment, right before you send a manuscript to an editor, when your cursor hovers over the attachment button and your heart does a small, nervous stutter. Part of you hopes this will be the person who finally “fixes” the book—who tells you what it’s really...
by Colin Mustful | Mar 1, 2026 | Narrative Guild
When I received the developmental edit for my third novel, I was stunned. The manuscript came back dense with comments—lines crossed out, sentences rewritten, long margin notes questioning structure, pacing, and character. Page after page after page. I remember...
by Robin Henry | Nov 20, 2025 | Editing
As an editor and book coach, I spend a lot of time reading unpublished manuscripts. Each one is a window into a writer’s imagination, a glimpse of worlds that may never reach readers—yet. Over the years, I’ve learned a lot about both storytelling and the writing...
