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Illustration of a long-haired person sitting on a stack of oversized books, smiling as they look into an open book displaying an image of Saturn.
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Holly Vestad Yuxuan Francis Liu

We Ask a Book Coach: Part 3

Thursday July 3, 2025

In part one, Holly opened this series by exploring how book coaching differs from editing (from the perspective of an editor curious about expanding their offerings). In part two, I introduced the conversation from a writer’s standpoint.  In this final part of the book coaching series, we have asked the book coaches to offer their […]

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Holly Vestad Yuxuan Francis Liu

We Ask a Book Coach: Part 2

Thursday May 29, 2025

I came to book coaching from a writer’s perspective. In writing my manuscript, I kept wondering whether I should wait until the last page to reach out to an editor or contact one earlier.  Naturally, I reshuffled chapters, debating with myself about the narrative flow and the logic of each section. I can imagine that […]

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Holly Vestad Yuxuan Francis Liu

We Ask a Book Coach: Part 1

Thursday April 24, 2025

In many ways, my role as an editor sometimes seems similar to coaching writers toward a manuscript they can feel proud of. But formally offering book coaching is, of course, distinct from editing.  I have teamed up with Yuxuan Francis Liu, my fellow Editors Canada career builder committee member, to ask successful book coaches about […]

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