Real Talk for Writers
with Isabel Sterling
Author & Master Certified Coach
Essential Writing Skills for Authors
Mar 02, 2026
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Welcome to the first in a four-part series ofĀ essential skills for published novelists!
Full-disclosure:Ā I started this as one big post of essential skills for debuts... and then quickly realized a twoĀ things:
1 - I had way too much to say to confine this to one post
2 - These are skills that a...
How to Make Copyedits Suck Less
Nov 17, 2025
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Copyedits! CEs! The least favorite part of the editing process for may authors, this is the stage where a Grammar Nerd descends upon your book with a digital red pen and point out all your mistakes.Ā
It's also the part where many authors decide they hate their book actually, and can they set the wh...
