Editor’s Blog
I am now on Fiverr
I have one active Gig for proofreading, and another for Beta-reading which is pending approval and should be up in a couple of days.
To clarify my processes… (and what makes my service great for you.)
There are two main features to my service that I feel makes me the place to go for your editing needs. Forget about price. You don't want cheap and cheerful. You want an editor who cares as much about the standard of your work as you do. You want someone who doesn't...
Please can you help me raise my first year's Sfep membership fee?
Being self employed and not reliant on the benevolence of an employer means the difference between my being a slave to childcare expenses and running to the beat of someone else’s drum, and being in control of my own time and my children not having to go without me being there for them. I want to teach my children by example as well as instruction, that they can be independent if they are willing to put the work in.
Assessing Freelance Editors
Having spent months, and possibly years on your manuscript, writing, editing, rewriting, editing, and then tweaking it a few more times for good measure, the time will come when the services of an editor will be required. But with so many editors to choose from, all...
Advice to New Authors.
Below follows a checklist of advice for new authors who are thinking about approaching an editor before publication. In writing this I hope to help authors avoid some of the potential pitfalls and later disappointment when their edited work comes back to them.
You need to read this post before submitting any work to an editor.
Before you hire an editor, you need to know what kind of help you’re looking for. http://www.writersdigest.com/online-editor/10-things-your-freelance-editor-might-not-tell-you-but-should This post offers excellent advice to new writers. Read it. Save it. Keep...
Look what came in the post this morning!
While looking after my three delightful [read as you deem most appropriate] children. I have been studying with the Open University. Today I got my certificate.
Courses (Part 2)
Harry DeWulf Has very generously given me a voucher to take his Read Worthy Fiction Course (and inadvertently enabled my addiction to self-study).
The Meaning of All Those Grammar Terms We Fight With Daily
The Meaning of All Those Grammar Terms We Fight With Daily