I have a number of friends who have recently had books released. I thought it might be nice to showcase them, particularly as covid life has meant many of us have more reading time. If you’re looking for something new, maybe one of my friends will have something to your taste. My first author friend…
Writing
Query Tuner
You probably didn’t notice, but on the menu of my website a new tab appeared a week or so ago: Query Tuner. Query Tuner is my side hustle (an additional job a person takes in addition to their primary job in order to supplement their income). I had been operating on a word of mouth…
Writing Retreat Cruise #4
It’s been a while since I posted about the cruise. Mostly because while it has only been 3 months, the way this year has gone it feels more like 3 years ago. This time I want to talk about the weather which was pretty miserable weather for the whole three weeks of the cruise. Unfortunately…
Paper hack
On another blog recently we were invited to share hacks that make our life easier (especially things that solve “small, nagging problems”). I thought I would share the tip that I wrote about. I print a lot. And I mean a lot. While I type out my first draft of a manuscript, I edit on…
Spelling isn’t important
To be honest, I think spelling is hugely important, but this is pretty mind boggling… Take a look at this paragraph. Can you read what it says? All the letters have been jumbled (mixed). Only the first and last letter of each word is in the right place. I cnduo’t bvleiee taht I culod aulaclty…