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Apr 2023
24m 28s

How to manage a hectic editorial busines...

LOUISE HARNBY (FICTION EDITOR) AND DENISE COWLE (NON-FICTION EDITOR)
About this episode

We talk about tips to manage your editorial business life when the schedule feels just a little bit too hectic!

Listen to find out more about

  • Is the problem short term or long term?
  • Identifying what absolutely must get done
  • Extending a deadline: When to ask, how long to ask for, and what's realistic
  • Seasonal overbusyness and clearing your schedule
  • What does 'fully booked' mean to you?
  • Brainstorming long-term solutions with a friend
  • Introducing efficiencies
  • Outsourcing business tasks
  • Adjusting your schedule
  • Cancelling editing work: A last resort

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Music credit

'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

  • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
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