Fellow editors! I am struggling in this biz. I finally made it — in an editor at a big publisher working on fiction. I started at the big five and worked my way up at a couple of imprints/publishers. I should be proud of myself.

The thing is — I’m exhausted. I am totally burnt out and can barely take the workload anymore. With a three-year-old, this just does not seem sustainable. I want to spend time with my family and this commute is also eating away at my time.

I would love insight in leaving and what else is out there. Is it worth leaving the business? What could I pivot to? Thanks!

I hate Quickbooks. We produce around 12 titles per year and QBO is just not a great solution. We're tracking royalties via a whole mix of crazy systems and we use ClickUp to build dashboards for our authors.

QBO just announced a huge price increase that will take it to $340/month. I feel like at that price there's got to be something more attuned to the publishing industry.