Quarterly Review: Apr–Jun 2017
Rather than write down my goals and not review them again until the end of the year, I thought it would be a good idea to start doing ...
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 moreRather than write down my goals and not review them again until the end of the year, I thought it would be a good idea to start doing ...
Read moreSo, you’re an editorial professional who’s decided you’d like to dip your toe into developmental fiction editing. It sounds like a fun...
Read moreIf you’re a freelance editor, I’m sure you’ve been in this situation before … You’re in conversation wit...
Read moreI’ve been asked this question a couple of times recently, so I thought I’d clear things up! Does an ellipsis have a space ...
Read moreIt may surprise you to discover there are three stages of editing that a novel should go through before publication. The first looks a...
Read moreOver the past few days, I’ve been searching for more editors to connect with on Twitter. And I’ve been pretty shocked at w...
Read moreA little while ago I had the pleasure of seeing Professor Geoff Pullum, head of linguistics and English language at the University of ...
Read moreWhether you’re a writer or an editor, it’s sometimes easy to get confused between omniscient and third person narration. O...
Read moreI’ve just come back from a few days in Edinburgh, where attended the Society for Editors and Proofreader’s Mini-Conference...
Read moreI’d like to welcome Lorna Reid of Author Packages to the blog today! Lorna is a past client of mine – I edited her novel Rise of...
Read moreStarting 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 moreIn classic fairy tales, characters are often flat and the stories have a disgusting whiff of social control about them … Yet the...
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