You’re nicked! At-a-glance notes on police rank structure and terminology for UK crime writers
Lesley Jones
/ October 18, 2019
Do you know your FBI from your NCA? Your ADW from your GBH? Your MP from your misper? Your DA...
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Show me, don’t tell me, Mr Chekhov!
Lesley Jones
/ August 19, 2019
‘Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.’ Anton Chekhov This is...
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Going the distance with your readers by holding point of view
Lesley Jones
/ June 28, 2019
Hello all. Over the next few months I hope to publish some blogs for new and not-so-new authors, based on...
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How not to haunt your prose with head hops
Lesley Jones
/ January 14, 2019
An author friend of mine recently wrote a novel that included a chapter about a haunted World War Two Lancaster...
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FINALLY – A SHORT BLOG POST!
Lesley Jones
/ August 29, 2018
One of the things my authors ask me about most often is how they can cut down the number of...
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Author Revision Time: What Should You Do After You’ve Received Your Sample Edit?
Lesley Jones
/ May 30, 2018
What’s a sample edit, why have one, and whom does it help? No, I’m not talking about revision for the...
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NAIL YOUR NOVEL: DECIMATE YOUR WORD COUNT
Lesley Jones
/ November 6, 2017
Have you seen that student meme making its way around social media – the one where essay writers are jokingly...
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When should you hire your editor?
Lesley Jones
/ August 28, 2017
Holidays and books – go together like jam and clotted cream. How many books did you take on your holiday...
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Advancement
Lesley Jones
/ August 28, 2017
Originally posted on 14 June. At the end of my introductory musing I mentioned that my next would be on...
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What Is Editing
Lesley
/ November 25, 2015
What is editing? What are the different levels of editing? With grateful thanks to Averill Buchanan and her colleagues at...
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