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Academic writing

#Must-get Monday

#Must-get Monday post This week I am participating in #Must-get Monday in collaboration with blogger Christian Fiction Girl. As Christian Fiction Girl mentioned non-fiction in her last blog (#110), in the form of Raising Healthy Teenagers I will also suggest Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 2 months1 month ago
Creative writing

Sisters: seven of them

The series of books is about seven sisters adopted by the mysterious figure Pa Salt. They don’t know why he adopted them, only he is exceedingly rich and named them after the Pleiades. Having just read the Seven Sisters book Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 2 months ago
Creative writing

Social media … To write or to influence?

So the outcome of my talk with Saga Fiction Publishers, is that they don’t have the marketing strength to take on my books. AKA I don’t have a large enough social media presence. We also realised that my fiction was Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 4 months ago
Creative writing

Creative writing: Autumn dreams

Creative writing update. Why dream when autumn is this great … Cover update! I commissioned a new one for A Friendship of Thistles and have updated the description on Amazon to help people find it. Seems to be working as Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 5 months4 months ago
Blog posts

First lines: the importance of

First lines. Confused? May be we sweat a little too much about first impressions. There’s nothing to them. The best way to find them is often to write and a sentence will jump out at some stage. In other words, Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 7 months4 months ago
Business writing

Subtitle & script proofreading

Subtitle & script proofreading is crucial to get your documentary ideas across to the audience, without them focusing on typos. How can I help? I have helped businesses, such as universities and translation companies, and individuals to check subtitles and Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 9 months7 months ago
Creative writing

A Friendship of Thistles. New Publication!

A Friendship of Thistles … I’m clearly not focused on self-promotion, as my newest book was published in May and I haven’t posted here about it yet! I am also offering a fiction-related giveaway here. Or get your paperback/ebook copy Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 10 months2 months ago
Business writing

Recommendations update

Recommendations are the key to any business like mine. They demonstrate that previous clients have trusted me with their work. Even more: that they have been happy with the outcome. Yes, I am a serious proofreader! So, I thought, I Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 11 months2 months ago
Blog posts

A Friendship of Thistles

Friendship(s) come in many packages. Once of my best friends being writing. And the time has arrived for my next publication! Read a sample or buy it now. A Friendship of Thistles: book summary Read with a friend! A Friendship Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 11 months ago
Business writing

Why do I proofread?

I love writing I started proofreading and editing theses when I finished my first postdoc. The reason? I have always loved writing. Hearing about friends’ awful experiences with unqualified proof-readers (not all are unqualified) I knew I could help. Imagine Read more…

By Emma Parfitt, 12 months2 months ago

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