Does an Ellipsis Have Spaces Between the Dots?
I’ve been asked this question a couple of times recently, so I thought I’d clear things up! Does an ellipsis have a space ...
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Latest from the blogHow Do I Become a Novel Editor?
If you have a love for literature and a keen eye for detail, becoming a book editor could be perfect for you. Here’s how to do it. As an editor of novels, you get to work closely with authors, refine manuscripts and help bring stories to life. Book editi...
Read moreThe Different Stages of Editing a Novel
It may surprise you to discover there are three stages of editing that a novel should go through before publication. The first looks a...
Read moreWhy Most Grammar Guides Suck (and Where to Get Answers Instead)
A little while ago I had the pleasure of seeing Professor Geoff Pullum, head of linguistics and English language at the University of ...
Read moreWhat’s the Difference Between Omniscient and Third Person Narration?
Whether you’re a writer or an editor, it’s sometimes easy to get confused between omniscient and third person narration. O...
Read moreWhat I’ve Learned About Attending Editing Conferences
I’ve just come back from a few days in Edinburgh, where attended the Society for Editors and Proofreader’s Mini-Conference...
Read more5 Mistakes I Made When I Started My Fiction Editing Business
Starting your own editing business can be scary. You have no colleagues to turn to for advice, no managers to steer you in the right d...
Read moreWriting Fairy Tales – What You Need to Know
In classic fairy tales, characters are often flat and the stories have a disgusting whiff of social control about them … Yet the...
Read moreHow I Use Social Media in My Business
Lots of editors get hung up on the use of social media to market their businesses … I suspect it starts to feel like something w...
Read moreWhat Makes a Good Steampunk Novel?
If you don’t know much about steampunk, you probably think this literary genre is just science fiction set in Victorian times. B...
Read moreHow Many Hours a Day Does an Editor Work?
If you’re a freelance editor, have you ever asked yourself how many hours a day you should spend editing? You might wonder how y...
Read moreHow to Write Cyberpunk
Cyberpunk is a genre that has been pithily characterised as ‘high tech, low life’. Sure, it’s all about hackers and far-out tech, but ...
Read moreWhat is Developmental Editing?
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...
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