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10 rules of writing

www.editorial.ie Posted on September 4, 2024 by richard_adminSeptember 4, 2024

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

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Capitalisation of character nicknames

www.editorial.ie Posted on February 1, 2023 by richard_adminFebruary 2, 2023

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

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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

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VAT scrapped on ebooks/digital media

www.editorial.ie Posted on May 1, 2020 by richard_adminMay 1, 2020

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

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