Musings

Dangle (v) – to hang or cause to hang so as to swing freely I mention dangling participles and modifiers...

'As' you like it Good writing is strong, confident writing, but punchy nouns and verbs won’t move the story along...

‘The body – the cage – is everything of the most respectable – but through the bars, the wild animal...

. . . and can you expect a perfectly corrected manuscript from Perfect the Word? I have long considered writing...

Do you know your FBI from your NCA? Your ADW from your GBH? Your MP from your misper? Your DA...

‘Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.’ Anton Chekhov This is...

Hello all. Over the next few months I hope to publish some blogs for new and not-so-new authors, based on...

An author friend of mine recently wrote a novel that included a chapter about a haunted World War Two Lancaster...

One of the things my authors ask me about most often is how they can cut down the number of...

What’s a sample edit, why have one, and whom does it help? No, I’m not talking about revision for the...

Have you seen that student meme making its way around social media – the one where essay writers are jokingly...

Holidays and books – go together like jam and clotted cream. How many books did you take on your holiday...

Originally posted on 14 June. At the end of my introductory musing I mentioned that my next would be on...

What is editing? What are the different levels of editing? With grateful thanks to Averill Buchanan and her colleagues at...

My Services There are several stages involved in the editing process, although not every author will need to use all...