10 Mistakes Your Spell Checker Won’t Catch
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...
Read moreI started my editing business over ten years ago. This is the first time I’ve ever taken some extended time away from it. Which feels weird. Lots of people go freelance because they’ve had children and they need the flexibility. Instead, I went freelance simpl...
Read moreSpell 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...
Read moreWhat point of view should you use to tell your story? It’s an important decision, one that can result in your novel being either...
Read moreThere are no quick fixes when it comes to improving your creative writing, but if you focus on this one aspect, you’ll help inje...
Read moreEditing costs money. I get that. But self-publishing your book and ‘seeing if it sells’ before deciding whether to hire an editor is a...
Read morePoorly written descriptions can make your writing dull. They can distant the reader and slow the pace of your writing. They reduce the...
Read moreLouise Harnby is a very well respected and established professional proofreader and copy-editor. Her blog has ...
Read moreTrying to figure out how much you’re likely to earn as a self-published author is tricky. Unless you’re publishing solely ...
Read moreThe first essential step in becoming a successfully published (or self-published) author is to write a good book. It’s pretty obvious,...
Read moreOnce you’ve flexed your creativity and mastered the structure of the short story, how do you then go about transferring what you...
Read moreMany writers start with short stories before they move onto novel writing. Short stories are great to start with because they take les...
Read moreA few years ago, I completed a masters’ degree in creative writing from Royal Holloway, University of London. It was a fantastic...
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