{"id":5698,"date":"2024-09-19T14:36:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:36:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/?p=5698"},"modified":"2024-09-19T14:36:28","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T14:36:28","slug":"how-does-being-an-editor-make-you-a-better-author-w-kandi-zeller-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/how-does-being-an-editor-make-you-a-better-author-w-kandi-zeller-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing\/","title":{"rendered":"How does being an editor make you a better author? w\/ Kandi Zeller | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Being a book editor and an author can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have unique insight into how a book is developed before you even get started. On the other hand, you can end up getting in your own way trying to make it &#8220;perfect&#8221;. And if you&#8217;re an editor for the publisher of your own book, how do you balance that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We sat down with Disabled Witchcraft author (and Microcosm editor!) Kandi Zeller to talk writing, disability, witchcraft, cookies, and a really cool bookstore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get your copy of Disabled Witchcraft <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/52482\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/52482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Being a book editor and an author can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have unique insight into how a book is developed before you even get started. On the other hand, you can end up getting in your own way trying to make it &#8220;perfect&#8221;. And if you&#8217;re an editor for the&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/how-does-being-an-editor-make-you-a-better-author-w-kandi-zeller-a-peoples-guide-to-publishing\/\" title=\"Read How does being an editor make you a better author? w\/ Kandi Zeller | A People&#8217;s Guide to Publishing\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[14,12,281,15],"class_list":["post-5698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogifesto","tag-books","tag-business-of-publishing","tag-editing","tag-meet-microcosm"],"my_excerpt":"<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Being a book editor and an author can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have unique insight into how a book is developed before you even get started. On the other hand, you can end up getting in your own way trying to make it \"perfect\". And if you're an editor for the publisher of your own book, how do you balance that? <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>We sat down with Disabled Witchcraft author (and Microcosm editor!) Kandi Zeller to talk writing, disability, witchcraft, cookies, and a really cool bookstore. <\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\n\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Get your copy of Disabled Witchcraft <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/52482\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/52482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->","my_excerpt_rendered":"\n<p>Being a book editor and an author can be a double-edged sword. On one hand, you have unique insight into how a book is developed before you even get started. On the other hand, you can end up getting in your own way trying to make it &#8220;perfect&#8221;. And if you&#8217;re an editor for the publisher of your own book, how do you balance that? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We sat down with Disabled Witchcraft author (and Microcosm editor!) Kandi Zeller to talk writing, disability, witchcraft, cookies, and a really cool bookstore. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Get your copy of Disabled Witchcraft <a href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/52482\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/52482\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<br><br>Prefer an audio experience?\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/microcosm\" target=\"_blank\">Listen to the episode on your favorite podcast app<\/a>.<br>Get the\u00a0<em>People\u2019s Guide to Publishing<\/em>\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/books\/3663\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>, and the workbook\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/catalog\/zines\/10031\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>!<br>Want to stay up to date on new podcast episodes and happenings at Microcosm?\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/confirmsubscription.com\/h\/r\/0EABB2040D281C9C\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our newsletter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5698"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5699,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5698\/revisions\/5699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microcosmpublishing.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}