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 series by Lucinda Riley, I have discovered there is an Read more…
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 for another demographic than they were focusing on. I have 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 immediately had six sales and a new review. I shared 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, don’t worry about first lines until you’ve written the entire 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 scripts beforehand. As a native-English speaker I have helped them 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 here for the US, and here for the UK. The 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 would showcase my current proofreading recommendations today. Recommendations for 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 of Thistles is THE book to read with your closest 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 a master’s student trying to proofread a thesis of 90,000 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, of how, even when you touch dry ice with your Read more…