Category: editor

The Gordon Ramsay Effect

Posted on May 24, 2013 by sjdonaldson

(or how wordsmiths can help restaurants look good too) The other day I settled down to watch Hell’s Kitchen USA. (or rather Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares as noted by Persnickety in the comments section… well done, five brownie points to you 😉 ) It was your… Continue Reading “The Gordon Ramsay Effect”

Category: business, editor, workTags: food and drink, Gordon Ramsay, menu editing, menu proofreading, typos

Life’s too short for boring books.

Posted on May 17, 2013 by sjdonaldson

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Let me get one thing straight. There’s really no such thing as a bad book. Ok there is… but there’s usually (not always) something interesting hiding underneath the surface if time were spent on it and good advice given at the start. There are… Continue Reading “Life’s too short for boring books.”

Category: books, editor, fiction, publishingTags: bored, life's too short, novels, pastimes, reading

10 Reasons Your Business Needs An Editor

Posted on May 3, 2013 by sjdonaldson

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Does this sound familiar? Your business is up and running, you’ve put in more hours than you’d care to count, there’s been blood, sweat and tears but you’ve got there. It’s your baby and you want to watch it grow. Or perhaps you are… Continue Reading “10 Reasons Your Business Needs An Editor”

Category: advertising, business, editor, freelance, proofreading, workTags: business publications, editing, help, services, writing