Phoebe Morgan
@phoebeannmorgan.bsky.social
Executive Publisher for Fiction @simonschusteruk. Author of 5 thrillers with @HQStories. Shortlisted for Editor of the Year 2022.
Substack: honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe
Substack: honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe
Final day to enter! I will read the first 10k & synopsis of your novel if you enter by midnight Weds 1 Oct, GMT. All you have to do is be a paid or free subscriber to the newsletter, share the post & comment “shared” so I can add you to the list. Winner chosen at random. 💚 honesteditor.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Final day to enter! I will read the first 10k & synopsis of your novel if you enter by midnight Weds 1 Oct, GMT. All you have to do is be a paid or free subscriber to the newsletter, share the post & comment “shared” so I can add you to the list. Winner chosen at random. 💚 honesteditor.substack.com
How book auctions really work - and why you don’t have to have one! honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-book-auc…
July 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
How book auctions really work - and why you don’t have to have one! honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-book-auc…
New post about finding your hook in commercial fiction, why it matters, and what a hook really is! honesteditor.substack.com/p/what-is-a-ho…
June 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
New post about finding your hook in commercial fiction, why it matters, and what a hook really is! honesteditor.substack.com/p/what-is-a-ho…
A new post on Substack all about how we as publishers decide on book titles - and why! honesteditor.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-n…
May 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
A new post on Substack all about how we as publishers decide on book titles - and why! honesteditor.substack.com/p/whats-in-a-n…
How to get a literary agent - why you need one, what a good author-agent relationship looks like, and some practical tips… Join The Honest Editor and read for free: honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-to-get-a…
May 14, 2025 at 10:05 PM
How to get a literary agent - why you need one, what a good author-agent relationship looks like, and some practical tips… Join The Honest Editor and read for free: honesteditor.substack.com/p/how-to-get-a…
New post about what authors can do for themselves, and taking control in publishing when it feels as though you haven’t got any! honesteditor.substack.com/p/what-autho...
May 2, 2025 at 9:38 AM
New post about what authors can do for themselves, and taking control in publishing when it feels as though you haven’t got any! honesteditor.substack.com/p/what-autho...
I wrote about the dreaded “track record”, how publishers work with retailers, and what it all means for authors in The Honest Editor - read it for free here: honesteditor.substack.com/p/lets-talk-ab… 📚📚📚
April 22, 2025 at 6:53 AM
I wrote about the dreaded “track record”, how publishers work with retailers, and what it all means for authors in The Honest Editor - read it for free here: honesteditor.substack.com/p/lets-talk-ab… 📚📚📚
The third edition of The Honest Editor is all about how publishers create book jackets and why they’re so important. Read it here for free: honesteditor.substack.com/p/the-covers-p… 📚🎨✍#publishingn#booksks
April 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The third edition of The Honest Editor is all about how publishers create book jackets and why they’re so important. Read it here for free: honesteditor.substack.com/p/the-covers-p… 📚🎨✍#publishingn#booksks
The second newsletter from The Honest Editor is out! Sign up for a realistic & transparent take on the publishing industry and how it all works… honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe
April 16, 2025 at 10:18 AM
The second newsletter from The Honest Editor is out! Sign up for a realistic & transparent take on the publishing industry and how it all works… honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe
Introducing 📚The Honest Editor 📚a new Substack aimed at telling the truth about publishing. Sign up to get it direct to your inbox for free: honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe - first issue will be about what really happens in an acquisitions meeting when an editor wants to buy your book!
April 10, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Introducing 📚The Honest Editor 📚a new Substack aimed at telling the truth about publishing. Sign up to get it direct to your inbox for free: honesteditor.substack.com/subscribe - first issue will be about what really happens in an acquisitions meeting when an editor wants to buy your book!
Sending out proofs this week of the amazing new rom-com from NYT bestseller Sophie Cousens! Is She Really Going Out With Him has some of the best on-page chemistry I’ve ever read. Would you let your kids choose who you date after divorce? 💛
December 19, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Sending out proofs this week of the amazing new rom-com from NYT bestseller Sophie Cousens! Is She Really Going Out With Him has some of the best on-page chemistry I’ve ever read. Would you let your kids choose who you date after divorce? 💛
So much love coming through for this one… #SoThrilledForYou by @hollybourne.bsky.social - out Jan 2025! @hodderfiction.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
November 25, 2024 at 10:17 PM
So much love coming through for this one… #SoThrilledForYou by @hollybourne.bsky.social - out Jan 2025! @hodderfiction.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
Entering BlueSky the only way I know how - by introducing Sienna…she loves playing in packaging, reading submissions and watching Gossip Girl with me
November 22, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Entering BlueSky the only way I know how - by introducing Sienna…she loves playing in packaging, reading submissions and watching Gossip Girl with me