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It may surprise you to discover there are three stages of editing that a novel should go through before publication. The first looks a...

A little while ago I had the pleasure of seeing Professor Geoff Pullum, head of linguistics and English language at the University of ...

If there’s one thing that drives me bonkers in the editorial world, it’s the lack of coherent descriptions for all the different edito...

Commas. They look so insignificant and innocent, but in reality they’re tricky little monsters that can have a big impact on a piece o...

Let me tell you a secret. I don’t take on every writer who comes to me for editing. Why? The biggest reason is this: often, thei...

Most editors will edit a manuscript using Word’s nifty Track Changes feature. This allows authors to see exactly what edits have been ...

I see so many writers commit this writing sin: over-explaining. They tell their reader every detail, elbow in every piece of backstory...

Spell checkers are useful tools. But let’s face it – they’re not very clever. There are limits to the ‘rules’ that can be programmed i...

Louise Harnby is a very well respected and established professional proofreader and copy-editor. Her blog has ...