How do books get published? It’s not really that complicated, but getting your book published can seem quite daunting to new authors. While this isn’t an in-depth look at book publishing, it should help you to break down the process and understand what happens at each stage. Bear in mind though, that publishers work their…
This week I stepped right out of my comfort zone. I talked for nearly two hours to a local writers’ group. Now, if you’ve been following my blog for any length of time you’ll know that I’ve given the occasional talk before, and that I am really, really uncomfortable doing it. I’ve given two lightning…
Let’s get to grips with some myths about copyeditors. I don’t know about you, but I’m a member of a fair few groups on Facebook, I live on Twitter and I roam the halls of LinkedIn. When I’m taking a break from work I have a little mooch here and there, and sometimes I see…