Dear Purposeful Prose, I put a job listing out asking for editors to work with me on my book. It’s a YA dystopian fiction novel, 75,628 words, and I think it’s well-written. When I posted about my work on social media, people were excited about it. I asked editors to send me a DM with their rates and websites. My inbox was flooded with spam and I’m sure some of them were written with AI. Most of the editors were asking for something into the thousands. I put a lot of work in

Dear Purposeful Prose, I’m a romance author, and I’m self-sabotaging. Whenever I get to a romantic part of my story, describe a romantic part, or approach something that might be considered cheesy, I try to avoid it or “write over it” if that makes sense. I’m downplaying what makes my romance romantic. I intentionally try to subvert the genre so my readers won't think it's to lovey dovey, but I can’t shake the feeling that I’m missing the point of my own book by doing that. I

Purposeful Prose would like to extend congratulations to all authors who were present at Eat Local Read Local , the ninth annual book sale and festival! You all understandably presented your work with so much joy and excitement, and it was addictive!  For those who are currently continuing a series, for those whose works have been sent to their wonderful editors, and for those whose next work in progress is still in their minds, may your pens be filled with ink and may your i