RUTH SHILLING

book coach and copyeditor

Sunset beach at Crescent City, CA

Articles

  • Surviving the Revision

    Practical Mindset Tools for Writers There’s often an urgency when a fiction author is in revision. Maybe you’ve been here. You’ve typed The End on that last page and are ready to publish. All that stands in the way is that pesky thing called revision.  Most novels are upwards of 350 pages. Let’s be realistic:…

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  • Book Coach Spotlight: From Copyeditor to Book Coach

    In December 2024, founder and CEO of Author Accelerator, Jennie Nash interviewed me about my journey from freelance copyeditor to book coach. This originally was published on December 27, 2024 on Jennie Nash’s Substack. Read an excerpt of the interview below. 1. What did you do before becoming a book coach?  After working from home…

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