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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Jodi Picoult, I love her writing. I was stopped in my tracks today by this humble sentence about a character’s eyes from Jodi Picoult’s The Book of Two Ways: “They made me think of the heart of a glacier, Read more…
Inspired from the above photograph Rainbow by Helen Patience from the Hold Still digital exhibition, I wrote the following poem. The Duchess of Cambridge and the National Portrait Gallery revealed the winners in 2020, which featured 100 portraits Read more…