Rachel Daven Skinner

Owner of Romance Refined, providing feelance editing for publishers & indies and a team of romance beta readers & sensitivity readers | K-drama addict | Cat mom

[Laura Bennett @Losbennett]

Notes from the last year+ of speaking with editors - A 🧵.

These are some brief notes of repeated trends/requests I've had in meetings/emails. Note - these aren't all of them but the ones that I found repeated.

#WritingCommunity #amquerying

[UPDATES ONLY Taylor Grothe @TaylorLGrothe]

One time I was texting my agent (long may she thrive), worrying about whether my work was good enough to be picked up by any editor on our sub list, & she said something I want y’all to internalize:

“We’re not going to compare ourselves to professionally edited, pubbed authors.”

[UPDATES ONLY Taylor Grothe @TaylorLGrothe]

Being agented doesn’t mean you’re better than. All it means is you spun the roulette wheel and your number came up. Likewise for book deals. This whole career is luck/timing.

If there’s one thing I’ve learned, everyone is so talented. Ability and excellence are everywhere.

[Mary Averling (Not Here) @maryaverling]

publishing is a neverending parade of emailing "haha fingers crossed!" then dying because you want something so badly

[Cindy R. X. He 何瑞霞 @CindyRXHe]

Writing is hard, and publishing seems to be crashing and burning around us. But I got to slide into my favourite author’s dms to gush about their book, and get her equally enthusiastic replies, so all in all, still worth it

[Erin Luken UPDATES ONLY @esluken]

Apropos of nothing at all:

QUERYING WRITERS ARE OUR COLLEAGUES. They aren’t lesser than agented or published ones and shouldn’t be treated as such.

People aren’t magically turned into professionals the moment they sign. Professionalism is a journey, and we’re all on it.

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

20 Korean and K-culture words added to the @OED!

"The adoption and development of these Korean words in English also demonstrate how lexical innovation is no longer confined to the traditional centres of English in the United Kingdom and the United States."

[The OED @OED]

K-POP, K-DRAMA, K-FOOD...

South Korean culture continues to rise in international popularity, and this can be felt not only in pop culture, but also in our language, as evidenced by the words of Korean origin included in the latest update of the OED: https://t.co/6kzGTa7Fs4

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@hello_minky This is going to be epic!!

[Misha Collins @mishacollins]

I’m holding a virtual potluck for 10,000 people in need around the world tomorrow. Will you bring something? Go sign up now to learn how you can help me & @RandomActsOrg feed 10K people as part of @BidenInaugural's #DayOfService!

https://t.co/HZO69t2ixZ

#RAServingHope

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@hello_minky I seriously thought this was playing in slow mo at first 😆 She's so cute!

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@3JHOUR Yes! I've never seen this, where's it from? Is there more? I need more!

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@hourly3J I love it! Can you tell me where this clip is from?

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@KM_0477 @H0NEYD0613 This is the happiest thread on Twitter. Thank you for the hard work to gather everything together!

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@PiedPiper34 @bngtn_noona7 Thank you for making me genuinely laugh out loud 🤣 This is Twitter perfection.

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@nagoyaclip This thread was like meditation. Or therapy. I feel so calm now. Thank you 🥰

[Roz Morris @Roz_Morris]

Self-publish or seek a traditional deal? Answers here - @JaneFriedman has updated her massively useful chart of all the key #publishing paths, with pros and cons https://t.co/z4nHAg9DuG #writingcommunity #amwriting

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@hopesacorn @pjmsarch From a Samsung commercial https://t.co/kZ1W4k2DhE

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@hello_minky @RachelMiner1 Wow! That's a hobby I could really get into it. I bet it's a very meditative process too.

[Rachel Daven Skinner @RomanceRefined]

@bngtn_noona7 @BTS_twt I'm a 2020 k-pop baby, and I noticed this while watching the various Dec music shows, the SM New Year's concert, and BH NYE concert. Seems like most artists relied on loud backing tracks, but I think Big Hit artists did this much less. BTS really stand out with their live vocals!