5 Comma Rules You Can Sometimes Break
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...
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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...
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Most of us are familiar with surrealist images like Salvador Dali’s Three Sphinxes of Bikini, but even though surrealism was – and sti...
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When you run your own business, you can often take your work with you wherever you go. It’s one of the reasons I love running a freela...
Read more6 Kinds of Apocalypse to Inspire Your Writing
Post-apocalyptic fiction follows the fortunes of characters as they try to cope in a post-apocalyptic world. Sounds deceptively simple...
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Being a freelance fiction editor isn’t all sunshine and roses (self-assessment tax returns, anyone?) but the benefits of running your ...
Read moreHow to Write Dystopian Fiction
Dystopias have provided inspiration for generations of writers, and with good reason. When you become a writer of dystopian fiction, y...
Read moreHow Much Training Does a Fiction Editor Need?
The purpose of training is twofold: to make sure your skills are up to scratch and to demonstrate to potential clients that you know y...
Read moreHow to Write Alternative History & Alternative Reality
Do you spend large chunks of time wondering what the world would have been like if the Roman Empire had never ended or if you’d ...
Read moreWhere is an Author’s Budget for Book Editing Best Spent?
Hiring a professional editor to work on your manuscript can be expensive. And there are lots of different editorial services ...
Read moreWhat Are Beta Readers?
Beta readers are the people who’ll help make an author’s manuscript-in-progress tighter, better and generally more appealing. It...
Read moreHow to Write a Superhero Story
After a long, close association with comics, superhero fiction is enjoying a literary heyday. So if you’re planning to write a s...
Read moreWhat is Magical Realism?
One of the most prolific writers of magical realism, Salman Rushdie, calls the genre ‘a commingling of the improbable and the mundane’...
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