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Extra! Extra!

www.editorial.ie Posted on January 17, 2023 by richard_adminJanuary 17, 2023

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

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Readers’ most common peeves

www.editorial.ie Posted on December 9, 2020 by richard_adminDecember 9, 2020

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

Posted in Fiction, Uncategorized | Tagged peeves, writing problems | 1 Reply

Editing terminology – what does it all mean?

www.editorial.ie Posted on May 31, 2019 by richard_adminJanuary 13, 2021

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

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Help for aspiring authors

www.editorial.ie Posted on March 21, 2019 by richard_adminSeptember 16, 2019

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

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What is “maid and butler” dialogue?

www.editorial.ie Posted on December 3, 2018 by richard_adminDecember 3, 2018

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

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