Extra! Extra!
I spent a few days “working” as an extra over the summer. Our local village was taken over by a Netflix production and I thought I’d get my ugly mug in the frame for posterity. Being an extra was like … Read More
Category Archives: Fiction
Readers’ most common peeves
From the people over at Bookcave comes a list of peeves they call “Pet Peeves Readers Wish Authors Knew About”. Any editorial.ie client will have had any of these issues in their writing pointed out to them in the course … Read More
Editing terminology – what does it all mean?
Editing terminology Following on from my piece about hiring an editor, I thought it might be useful to define some of the editing terminology used to describe the work we do. Because editing isn’t a globally regulated profession, the terms … Read More
Help for aspiring authors
This post was written in response to a piece by Jane Ryan, an author published by Poolbeg Press in Ireland, who alerted authors to the many financial pitfalls that await aspiring authors on their route to publication, and who said … Read More
What is “maid and butler” dialogue?
Maid and butler dialogue I had occasion recently, on one of the submissions to my TheOpeningLines.com website, to comment on some “Maid and Butler” dialogue that an author had used in the opening to his novel. What is “Maid and … Read More