Get the right people to read your blog post (Natalie Hailey)
It’s time for another guest post, and this week I’m delighted to welcome my friend and colleague, Natalie Hailey. Natalie is the owner of Hot Content,
January 28, 2018
THE EDITING ESSENTIALS BLOG
Stay on track with an accountability group
Here we are, three weeks into January – how are your plans for 2018 coming along? Did you sit down and do some serious planning
January 20, 2018
Worry-free Writing: how to punctuate a list
Setting out information in a list can sometimes be the clearest way to help your reader engage with and understand your message. There are conventions
September 30, 2017
Writing fiction: Do I need proofreading and is it enough? (Louise Harnby guest post)
This week I’m delighted to have a guest post for you, written by Louise Harnby. Louise is a highly experienced fiction editor and proofreader, and she has
September 24, 2017
Worry-free writing: how to use apostrophes
Why are apostrophes such a problem? If there’s one thing that’s guaranteed to enrage the Grammar Police (who, by the way, are definitely not cool), it’s
August 30, 2017
Worry-free writing: how to use hyphens and dashes
There is more to using hyphens and dashes than you might at first think. In this post I’m going to take a look at: The
August 18, 2017
Mastermind retreat: the group edit
Planning the group edit session I think it’s fair to say that this was the session in my recent mastermind retreat that caused the most
August 12, 2017
A mastermind group retreat: an overview
I’m in a ‘mastermind group’. Sounds cool, doesn’t it? Admit it – you’re imagining me in a secret island lair, plotting world domination with my shadowy
August 6, 2017
The Editor's Note
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