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How To Hire An Editor #4
Because I get asked many versions of the same question – “How do I hire an editor?” – I’ve written this series to take you through exactly what working with an editor entails. What to expect, what you’ll need to do, and how to approach the whole thing. ...
How To Hire An Editor #3
Because I get asked many versions of the same question – “How do I hire an editor?” – I’ve written this series to take you through exactly what working with an editor entails. What to expect, what you’ll need to do, and how to approach the whole thing. You...
How Do I Hire An Editor #2
Because I get asked many versions of the same question – “How do I hire an editor?” – I’ve written this series to take you through exactly what working with an editor entails. What to expect, what you’ll need to do, and how to approach the whole thing. You can...
How Do I Hire An Editor?
It's an admission that you're a *gasp* writer. It's allowing your book to be seen by someone else. It's a commitment to actually getting your book out there, to be seen by others. And it's a step towards a future that might just freak you out. Working...
How Do I Write My Book?
There are more frustrated writers out there than you'd believe. I know, because I talk to writers, and would-be writers for a good amount of time each week, and also, because Himself STILL hasn’t finished the book he started in 2012. We all have excuses and...
Book.Write.Now.
Hey. You. Yes, you. The one who's been jawing ON and ON about writing a book. If you're serious, come and join the Facebook group for actual writers (You know, the ones who actually sit down and actually thump words out and ... WRITE STUFF). I started it, and it's...
Don’t be an Art Martyr
The Chandelier, by Jo Bradshaw. Etching is where it started... Last week’s blog post contained the line: Art needs to be made, not questioned before it’s even born. When I wrote that sentence last week, it was an idea that came out fully formed, and I didn’t really...
The 3 Essential Ingredients for Writing – NOW
After the last post, you’re aware that your time is running out. You know you don’t want to die with your music (your book) inside you. You want to write that thing. You can feel it – just waiting to get...
Life, death, and writing (again)
I’m going to talk to you about your book again today. How are you going? Is your book getting written? Progress being made, day by day? Word count going up, steadily? It’s not, is it? Things get in the way, and writing’s not that easy. I know. I write too. Or not,...
Get focused to write better + slay your word count
I'm wading through the wordy seas at the moment. Wonderful clients are writing up a storm, we're checking in regularly, and some editing requests that I just couldn't refuse because the books are interesting and fun are competing for my attention too. Not much time...
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I acknowledge and pay my respects to the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin Nation who are the traditional and ongoing custodians of the land on which I live and work.
I pay my respects to their elders: past, present and emerging, and I acknowledge that sovereignty was never ceded.