{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"How do I stop self-sabotaging my own efforts to establish my niche?","description":"056: Featured editor: Jen Tolnay, Jen Tolnay Editorial and Writing Services Jen has plenty of corporate editing experience and wants to move toward her ideal work in fiction book editing. She\u2019s almost finished a course and has gained a bit of experience from pro bono projects. So what\u2019s stopping her from pitching to clients who could benefit from her skills? Feeling hesitant at switching to a new field of editing is entirely normal. We\u2019re confident in our own skills in the work we\u2019ve done already. We feel like we need to get qualifications and more jobs under our belts in order to show credibility. But Jen has dragged out the completion of her editing course. She\u2019s wondering where this resistance is coming from. If this is happening to you too, think about how this behaviour serves you. By not finishing the course, Jen doesn\u2019t feel like she\u2019s qualified to pitch for new work in fiction editing. So she can stay in her safe, familiar territory. But that\u2019s not what she wants for her future. So it leads to her feeling stuck and frustrated about how to carve out this new niche for herself. We discuss this and other aspects to establishing a new niche, or even more than one. Niching in one area makes it easier to talk about in your marketing, but if you\u2019ve got other things going on in your business where you can get work in a variety of areas, there\u2019s nothing stopping you from doing that. Pursuing a niche you love doesn\u2019t mean you have to drop all the other work you\u2019re good at and that has brought you income through industry connections. Believing that you\u2019ll lose work if you establish a niche can hold you back through fear. If you\u2019ve got a feeling that you know your way forward but there\u2019s something holding you back you just can\u2019t put your finger on, consider where you might be self-sabotaging your own progress.   \u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. If you want to get clear on your money, marketing and mindset, check out \u2018Boost Your Editing Income\u2019, my e-course and group coaching program. ","author_name":"The Confident Freelance Editor","author_url":"http:\/\/editboost.com","html":"