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In this week’s episode, Stephanie chats with Book Coach and Editor, Sue Toth.

You’ll get insight into what it looks like to work with a book coach and an editor.

For Sue Toth, who holds both titles in her business, there’s a distinct difference between the two and they’re important to consider as you think about your needs as a writer.

Did you know there are different approaches an editor can take when working with your manuscript?

If not, you’ll get a quick overview this week.

If you’re tempted to use one of the many tools available to writers online, like Grammarly or ProWritingAid, to edit your work, you’ll want to listen to what Sue has to say about the importance of connecting with another human being about your writing.

Sue is not just an editor. She also works with writers as their book coach.

She connects with writers at different stages of their writing journey and adjusts her approach based on individual needs.

It’s very common for writers to find Sue when they’re feeling unmotivated and stuck.

The other big thing that I find with authors is sometimes they'll come to me when their motivation is lagging for whatever reason. They're not happy with the book. They don't like the way it's going. They feel like, Oh, I thought it would be such a great idea to write a book. And now I don't have time. So a lot of Things that I will work with with my clients to our motivational things, um, you know, find a different place to go and write or a different time of day or schedule it into your calendar.

You know, the way you would schedule a doctor's appointment or something like that schedule time for writing into your day. It's, it's not going to get done unless you make it an appointment and you make it as important as every other appointment in your day.

Sue is dedicated to helping authors get to their writing goal.

You’ll walk away from this episode with practical tips and insights into what to consider if you’re at the stage of hiring a book coach or an editor.

Connect with Sue online:

https://suetoth.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/suetoth/
https://www.facebook.com/suetothediting
https://www.instagram.com/suetothediting/
https://www.threads.net/@suetothediting

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It’s time to celebrate!

Thank you listeners, guests and loyal subscribers for your support!

We show up each week for you.

Our hope is you feel inspired to keep taking the next step on your creative journey.

This week on the podcast, we’re taking a walk down memory lane as we look back at our year of podcasting.

When we started the podcast, we had no idea what we were doing, but we knew we wanted to offer valuable guidance to writers and share great stories.

It’s become our favorite project each week.

We keep it authentic and real because we know it’s important.

You want to hear real stories from real writers and that’s what we offer you.

It’s not easy to pinpoint a favorite episode because each one offers something unique to you.

If you’ve joined us later in our releases, we hope you’ll take a look back at episodes that came along earlier.

Many of our early episodes are still being downloaded today.

The behind-the-scenes data gives us insights into our community of listeners and we dig into the details in this episode.

We are transparent about the challenges we’ve faced creating an online community space for writers and how this has led to the creation of courses.

The Memoir Cohort Course led by Elizabeth is a course that will transform your writing. If you’re looking back at your year and you haven’t reached your writing goal for your memoir, it’s a course to put on your calendar for 2025.

Stephanie will be offering a course in January 2025 to help you organize your writing using Scrivener. If you’re overwhelmed and getting lost in Word or Docs, you’ll want to join this course to discover how Scrivener can change your writing experience and productivity.

In December 2024, we’re taking a break from podcasting to allow the pause to rejuvenate us for the coming new year, so if you’re not caught up on episodes it will be a great time to binge listen to ones you’ve missed.

As you listen this week, what can you celebrate?

Thank you again for joining us on this creative journey!

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You've been there. You walk into a room and feel overwhelmed by the mess in the space. It can feel like a lot to figure out how to get it organized. You’ve tried before, but it just doesn’t stick.

You might just want to look up our guest, Julianna Strickland, who has been featured in the New York Times and has a partnership with the Container Store, on this week’s podcast for inspiration and connect with her to help you get organized.

There’s no shame in getting help.

In fact, it can be incredibly empowering to connect with someone who can help solve something you’ve been struggling with that’s blocking your creativity.

If you’ve been feeling stuck, getting organized might be your answer.

When you clean up your space you open space for creativity.

There's something about knowing your things are in their place that allows your brain to focus on your art. Even when you're not paying attention, you're naturally organizing your things and it's distracting for your mind.

You want the feeling of being organized because it far exceeds the experience of looking at the space.

You're clearing space in your brain and it can become addictive to organize your space when you begin to see the result of being more productive.

You’ll feel more connected to your creative work.

You don’t have to be type A to get organized and transform your life.

If you have the desire to be organized, you can do it.

If organizing is not your thing, you'll benefit from having someone teach you how to get your space in order so you can get back to your work as a creative.

You naturally see the beauty in all that you have and you want to enjoy it, but then you get lost in what you have, like the 100s of books, and forget to focus on your own creativity.

There can be a domino effect to making one simple change and allowing it to flow into the next.

You can make your space functional and beautiful. It’s okay if you need to call upon someone for help.

website: https://spacecamporganizing.com
course: https://spacecamporganizing.com/makebetterspace
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