⚠️ Entering betwixtmas zone. That strange time of reflection, looking back over the weirdness of 2021. And looking forward to what 2022 may bring. It’s the same for me, for sure. 🎯 Every success comes with a double pat on the back due to being completed in a time of weirdness. 😬 Every ‘failure’ comesContinue reading “What are your goals for 2022? Mine are theme-based.”
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Looking for an editor with industry-recognised training credentials? That’s me.
👩🎓 Course done and dusted. I really feel this CIEP fiction course has supercharged the next steps of my career development. I will probably still call myself a proofreader. This is the most common subject line for indie authors contacting me. And some people do want a proofread, as in the final spit and polish,Continue reading “Looking for an editor with industry-recognised training credentials? That’s me.”
I made a mistake this week. Indie authors and newbie editors: read about my experience to help your author–editor relationships be on a firm footing.
⚖️ To provide some balance to the smugness which might inadvertently come across when I post on this account, I want to tell you about something that didn’t work out this week. 🙃 And I’m ok with that. I wrote recently that my sample to signed contract conversion rate is really healthy. It still is.Continue reading “I made a mistake this week. Indie authors and newbie editors: read about my experience to help your author–editor relationships be on a firm footing.”
Is it everyday or every day?
❓ Do you use the word ‘commonplace’ or one of its synonyms often? From time to time, I’m sure. You sometimes need to say that things are usual or ordinary. But my gut feeling is that you use the phrase ‘every day’ more regularly. ✅ I brush my teeth every day. ✅ I check myContinue reading “Is it everyday or every day?”
Looking for someone to edit your indie fiction novel?
Me: It’s crazy how many more enquiries I’m getting now. Seems to have really ramped up. Jon: Not really. You’re working on it an extra day a week. That’s a day extra for marketing and putting yourself out there. *️⃣*️⃣*️⃣ I suppose that’s true. Whatever is going on, whether it’s simply time, or self-belief, orContinue reading “Looking for someone to edit your indie fiction novel?”
Do you need to prepare a sample for a literary agent? I can help you do that.
🆕 New service. I will edit the first ~10000 words of your manuscript to help you get it ready for literary agents. I’ve done this for a fantasy–romance author this week and it has been such a satisfying experience. It’s really important to impress the agent with clarity and precision of expression. Alongside the usualContinue reading “Do you need to prepare a sample for a literary agent? I can help you do that.”
Is welk a word? It’s an archaic one. But, if you’re after the sea snail, that’s whelk.
💡 Microsoft Word does not recognise ‘welk’ as a typo. 🔎 But I spotted it. 🐌 The author meant ‘whelk’ as in the seafood, sea snail thing. ❌ “Tall ships rocked on their moorings as a woman selling cockles and welks wended between sailors.” ✅ “Tall ships rocked on their moorings as a woman sellingContinue reading “Is welk a word? It’s an archaic one. But, if you’re after the sea snail, that’s whelk.”
What is the daily word count for NaNoWriMo? (1667. You’ve got this.)
Hello November. 🎇 And happy NaNoWriMo to all the indie authors out there. Hopefully this month will be transformational for you. Remember once the month is over to look back and say to yourself: — In November, I didn’t wait for the Muse. I just got on with it. — This is the start ofContinue reading “What is the daily word count for NaNoWriMo? (1667. You’ve got this.)”
Is it Hallowe’en or Halloween?
🎃 Happy Halloween. Or should that be Happy Hallowe’en? 🎃 happy halloween? Or happy hallowe’en? Or some other rendering? It looks to me like the apostrophe is becoming rarer. 🔎 ‘The Chicago Manual of Style’ goes with Halloween. (CMOS 8.89) 🔎 ‘New Oxford Dictionary for Writers and Editors’ accepts either Hallowe’en or Halloween. 🔎 ‘Collins DictionaryContinue reading “Is it Hallowe’en or Halloween?”
Q+A interview feature with me by author, AHM Beattie
📰 NEWS: I did a thing! Q+A with the author AHM Beattie for her Focus on Friday feature. Text from the interview below: ⬇️ Time to get focused everyone. Please welcome Claire Cronshaw. I hope you enjoy. I know I did! Thank you for being our Focus today. It’s great to have you on board.Continue reading “Q+A interview feature with me by author, AHM Beattie”
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