I’ve touched on this already, but it’s still something that’s fascinating to me and that I’m constantly thinking about: editing poetry and editing prose are two different things. Ok, not entirely, but they’re different enough for me to notice. Let’s take a look!
Author Archives: Kaila Desjardins
Writing Emotion
Writing and emotions, emotions and writing: they go hand in hand a lot of the time. Of course, a scientific paper probably wants to exclude the touchy-feely stuff, and some poems may even want to be super stark. But often, poetry and fiction rely on emotions because one of the goals is to get readers to feel something.
Poetry Outside of Collections and Music
Short and sweet today. Let’s take a look at places you might find poetry outside of poetry collections and music!
How to Set Rates as a Freelancer
Let’s talk setting rates as a freelancer, shall we? I get asked about this a lot, and it was something I Googled many times while planning how I was going to freelance. So what’s the right answer?
Songs as Poetry
Happy National Poetry Month! In honour of it, I thought I’d do something a little more fun than the solely instructional things I’ve been doing the last few weeks. So . . . poetry and songs!
My Freelancing Journey
When I started researching becoming a freelancer, I turned to a number of articles and posts about what that meant, so maybe I can repay the favour by being that person for someone looking to make the switch themselves. Or simply by sating some curiosities for people 🙂
How to Hire a Freelance Editor
Today we’re looking at a question I’m sure at least some of you are wondering: How do I go about hiring a freelance editor? Or maybe even, Why should I hire a freelance editor?
Welcome to My Blog!
Hey friends! I’ve been contemplating starting a blog for a few months now. Going back and forth over whether I should, if I wanted to, what I and others could get out of it.