10 great rules for writing I saw a great piece the other day on rules for writing. Instead of glossy and superficial rules that make no sense, such as “avoiding using adverbs” and “not starting a sentence with a conjunction”, … Read More
What are the rules about capitalisation? You’ve written a novel in which one of the characters is generally known by a nickname, rather than any normal given name. Perhaps it’s a female character who manufactures love potions, and she’s known … Read More
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
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
Great news for independent authors. VAT has been scrapped on virtual publications (ebooks, but also newspaper subscriptions and suchlike) in the UK. It was scheduled anyway, to bring the ebook VAT legislation into line with the print book zero rate, … Read More