Megan Harris, Editor

Purple flowers

Bluebells I think?

Pretty tree

Threads is once again on the Hot Mess Express and not working for me. Oh well!

Please enjoy the beauty from my front yard 🥰

This is where we go when Threads crashes, right? RIGHT?!

Anyway, finalizing the self editing guide for March's newsletter this weekend as well as a dev edit. Newsletter switching to quarterly cadence from now on!

Can't sleep wheeeeeeee

I forget I have a presence here. Oops!

Life lately: busy with new job, chasing kids around, and avoiding storms when possible. Last night's was brutal in our region but we managed fine.

Text from image says the following: I try not to get too up in my feelings here, but the end of 2024 was rough. I faced a layoff from my day job, and instead of enjoying the holidays jumped into a job search. I’m happy to say it has paid off and I’m now gainfully employed! That being said, the focus of my full-time job puts me at a crossroads where I need to determine where my attention belongs. Here’s what to expect moving forward: Fewer bookings - For most of my adult life my attention has been split, and I’m now in a place where I want to move forward intentionally. That means I’ll be taking fewer projects and referring out more. Scaled down offerings - I’ve expanded into many areas within editing and book marketing. However, I plan to analyze what is going on, scale back, and also review my site to better align with that goal. Monthly updates to quarterly on social and here - Beginning in April the newsletter will change to a quarterly cadence. I’ve also already scaled social posts back and will be providing updates from now on about discounts and resources less often but more prominently in the updates. What will my new time away from editing go to instead? Well, work of course, but I have always wanted to write more than just short stories, so likely there, and time with family that has normally been weekends where I’m focused on client projects.

Good morning,

I shared the following in my Editor Exclusive newsletter Friday and want to ensure more eyes are on it to announce some changes coming. Please review and let me know if you have questions!

Happiest of bdays to @rainbowdreammaker.bsky.social! 🎉❤️

BLEAK.

Agreed!

I really gotta get back into a marketing plan of sorts for my biz. It's been hard to balance anything the last two months. 😬

I'm not sure tbh. But we have a contract together now for both a synopsis and query letter. I won't let her down 🥰

Right? How awful 😖

A prospective client hired someone to write a synopsis and query letter, only for them to *send her instructions on how to do it herself.* 😳

I am floored at how shifty people can be. Well, not floored because I've seen it before, but the secondhand frustration is real.

I promise to get back into bookish posts. With 3 of the 5 of us finally recovered from the flu the last week has felt like a fever dream (on account of, well, fevers and such).

I need to hold people's hands when I say this:

Your voluntary choice to stop participating in a paying job temporarily is not the same as someone whose family depends on their income and benefits (like health insurance) experiencing a layoff.

The things I've heard as of late...sheesh.

Finally got some good news on the job front! 🎉 Relief is an understatement.

Thanks, friend!

Thank you!

a woman in a suit says everything hurts and i 'm dying . Alt: a woman in a suit says everything hurts and i 'm dying .

I am this meme. This meme is me.

Flu has found our household. Ughhhh.

Not me ruminating in the shower about the job interview where I was one of two final candidates two weeks ago and still haven't heard back. Why would I do a thing like that? 😅😬

I had a full conversation with my 3 year old as we laid on the couch this morning about what he wanted to watch on the TV, only to realize he's not even awake as he points to a screen I cannot see behind closed eyelids to request a video. 🤦‍♀️

Poor kiddo isn't feeling well 😞

I slipped in the mud walking our dog 😞 Good times. My hip will definitely be bruised later.

Swirly pen graphic with Coming in February: Self Editing Guide and the creator's handle (@MHarrisEditor)

Editor Exclusive subscribers got a heads up on this news, so now to share it with everyone else!

Each quarter in 2025 I will release a free resource. Q1's is a self editing guide coming next month!

As with the news, subscribers get first dibs, so sign up so you don't miss it! #WritingCommunity

Ope I was going to share out what the free quarterly resource will be next month. Missed that deadline. I shall share tomorrow! 😁

"Where are my book girlies at?" I see it on Threads and Instagram a lot.

Normalize dropping the "book girlies" language in your vocab.

a man is holding a microphone in front of a crowd and says " well it 's groundhog day ... again " Alt: a man is holding a microphone in front of a crowd and says " well it 's groundhog day ... again "

Funemployment update: this is me every day as I wait on job application responses. 🫠 Thank goodness for my editing work!

Offer still stands to help authors with their marketing!

My skills include copywriting, social media management, SEO, and more! 12+ years WordPress experience as well as book blurb and synopsis writing!

I had an amazing call with my son's kindergarten teacher yesterday. It helped during a week (read: month) where I feel like I'm failing as a parent. Turns out he's doing wonderful with classmates and listening, a total 180 from how things often are at home lol.

Would any authors be open to hiring an experienced marketing assistant part-time? I'd still like to continue with my editing biz but the job hunt struggle is REAL so I'm open to other work as well. 💗

Exactly.