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I planned on attending the three days, handing out leaflets and having chats with anyone who stopped by, but I could never have imagined the doors that are opening up for me now. 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I had never thought of running a small business before June 2025. Being my own boss? Scary! Marketing myself and my services? I’m an A+ rambler! Invoices? My nightmare! I am most definitely not a natural marketer, or a numbers person, and in fact I frequently embarrass myself trying to prove to others I know how to do even the most basic of mathematical exercises without relying on my phone’s calculator. However, it turns out I am good at running an editorial consultancy, even with chronic fatigue syndrome! Here are some of my successes I am most proud of: I rebranded my business to include my name, and specified my services to a genre I know, love, have researched academically for years, write in, read in, edit in and dream about – fantasy fiction. I have worked with a wonderful client in the US via a publishing house on their debut urban fantasy novel (and received some very kind feedback). I have worked with a fantastic debut author here in the UK on their fantasy novel with a fascinating magic system (you know who you are! You are simply fab!) I am currently working on a multi-POV, complex fantasy novel that has given me opportunities to challenge my editorial expertise and strengthen my skills. I have secured myself a stall at THE London Book Fair so I can meet other agents, editors, publishers, authors and researchers. I did all this while managing chronic fatigue, championing and growing my business without putting my health at risk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/681253be1dbc9b066e0f441a/5a46eaa0-53a5-4cc7-9230-901976242521/processed_DSCF4340_20250810_083702_0000.jpg Blog - I’m Dreaming of a Write Christmas! - So, what’s coming next? 2026 is going to be an AMAZING year. I can feel it in my bones! 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