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Why Most Editors and Publishers Will Only Accept Manuscripts in Microsoft Word

I Promise We’re Not Just Trying to Be Annoying

Jun 26, 2023

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Jun 26, 2023

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8 Reasons Why Your Book Might Do Best at a Small Press

How Skipping the Big Five Could Make You a Bigger Success

Jun 21, 2023

8 Reasons Why Your Book Might Do Best at a Small Press

Jun 21, 2023

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Five Essential Things to Do While Writing Your Self-Help Book

As a self-help book editor, this is the top advice I’d give to authors, regardless of what writing stage they’re at.

Mar 13, 2023

Five Essential Things to Do While Writing Your Self-Help Book

Mar 13, 2023

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How to Hack Your Brain’s Wiring to Get Yourself Writing

The Main Techniques I Use to Beat Writer’s Block in My Own Work

May 24, 2023

How to Hack Your Brain’s Wiring to Get Yourself Writing

May 24, 2023

Madeleine Calvi

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Nonfiction Comp Titles

How to Take Your Book Proposal to the Next Level

May 10, 2023

The Complete Beginner’s Guide to Nonfiction Comp Titles

May 10, 2023

Madeleine Calvi

Four Popular Self-Help Myths to Avoid Repeating

Because people are complicated, and so is helping each other

May 3, 2023

A stack of old and vintage books sits under a small, white-painted ladder. The books mostly in shades of brown. One has the pages turned forward instead of the spine, and someone has written “LOVE” on it in black marker.

May 3, 2023

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Three Easy, Unconventional Tech-Based Mental Health Hacks

Reclaim Your Time and Your Brain

Apr 21, 2023

Four smartphones in different colors sit face-down on a glass table. On their cases and the table, you can see the reflections of trees and the sky.

Apr 21, 2023

Madeleine Calvi

Madeleine Calvi

Freelance book editor, from indie authors to international publishers. Specialties: self-help, psychology, spirituality, New Age, and LGBTQ. calvieditorial.com

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