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What this editor wants to know from the word go and why this enquiry ticks many boxes

Here’s what I love about this email that landed in my inbox this morning.  ⭐ ‘Indie author’: I’m all about the indies, and I love helping early-career authors. 📞 ‘Someone suggested I contact you’: Excellent. I love to hear from people who’ve come to me via word-of-mouth recommendations.  💬 ‘Would love to chat’: Me too.Continue reading “What this editor wants to know from the word go and why this enquiry ticks many boxes”

Talking to an editor: enrichment for all!

Apparently, talking to me is ‘enriching’! I’ve just come off a Zoom call with the student newspaper group at Notre Dame College in Leeds. I was invited along to talk about my job as an editor. What I really wanted to do was to set my job in context and to show the Year 12sContinue reading “Talking to an editor: enrichment for all!”

Is it sprang or sprung?

🌷 Spring has sprung. Or at least it will soon. But what we know for sure is that it hasn’t ‘sprang’. Tis the season for a grammar explainer. 🦘 The Present Tense: ‘Spring’. I’m looking at the verb today. ‘Spring’ as in ‘to jump’. Like that mnemonic for the clocks: ‘Spring forward, fall back.’ LoveContinue reading “Is it sprang or sprung?”

Mother’s Day or Mothers’ Day? Where should the apostrophe go?

🌷It’s Mothering Sunday here in the UK. And if you’ve been wondering where to put the apostrophe in your card… ✅ I can confirm it should go between the ‘R’ and the ‘S’. Mother’s Day Yes, more than one mum is celebrating a special day today, but it’s convention to treat it as a singular.Continue reading “Mother’s Day or Mothers’ Day? Where should the apostrophe go?”

The Promise of the Premise. A lesson for authors from the Willy Wonka Experience.

Leap week was a gift, was it not? Not only were we given the gift of an extra day, but we were given the gift that kept on giving – and that was news of the farcical Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow in all its technicolour (and muted grey) glory. The short version of theContinue reading “The Promise of the Premise. A lesson for authors from the Willy Wonka Experience.”

Last two slots for summer 2024 edits. Get in touch today.

Novel editing slots are filling up fast, with availability down to the last two slots this summer. While specializing in women’s fiction, romance, and fantasy, Cherry Edits covers a broad range of genre fiction. Act quickly to secure your spot. Limited openings are available in July and August. Prospective clients get a complimentary 1000-word sample edit. Don’t miss the opportunity to enhance your manuscript – reach out soon!

My editing work is 100% fiction, but my testimonials are 100% fact.

Word clouds are so early 2000s 😅 But I made one because I was curious to see what words were being repeated in the testimonials written about me by my lovely authors. If you sense a bit of own horn tooting going on here, you’re absolutely right. Sorry about that! 📯 📯 Toot toot! ThisContinue reading “My editing work is 100% fiction, but my testimonials are 100% fact.”

Question: Who can I talk to about my novel? Answer: Me!

Literally a no-makeup selfie. But if you spend too long deliberating these things, you never get them done. Anyway, here’s my face – not that you’ll see it on a phone call! 5+ years in the indie publishing world has given me a whole load of insights and you might just fancy using me asContinue reading “Question: Who can I talk to about my novel? Answer: Me!”

Notebooks for ‘ink’sight. The KWL evaluation method is a writer’s secret weapon.

Evaluation is a skill you need wherever you are in your writing career. Use one of your many notebooks to identify what you Know, what you Want to know, and – once you’ve looked up the answers to your questions – what you’ve Learnt. If you’ve evaluated that your storytelling craft could use some work,Continue reading “Notebooks for ‘ink’sight. The KWL evaluation method is a writer’s secret weapon.”