Tag Archives: editing

Roald and the chop-up factory…

Posted on February 22, 2023 by literarylad

The new editions of Roald Dahl’s children’s books have been edited for ‘sensitivity’, and as you may have seen, it’s caused something of a furore, with allegations of ‘political correctness gone mad’, and that horrible pejorative word ‘woke’ being thrown … Continue reading →

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Marketing Your Novel

Posted on November 19, 2019 by literarylad

I’ve been through all the stages of publishing my novel, and I’ve done almost everything myself, from editing, to typesetting, to designing a cover. If you haven’t been following, you can read how I did it here: An Idiot’s Guide … Continue reading →

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Moojara – Book Launch

Posted on June 12, 2019 by literarylad

At last – here it is! It seems like a long time ago that I finished writing this book. The process of getting it into print has been almost as time consuming as writing it, and rather more stressful. I’ve … Continue reading →

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Idiots Guide to Self-Publishing… Part Two

Posted on September 12, 2018 by literarylad

I said there was a great deal of work involved in self-publishing. There are an enormous number of companies offering self-publishing services, from straight forward book printers, to those that will do pretty much everything (except write the book for you). Continue reading →

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Fool’s Gold?

Posted on March 30, 2017 by literarylad

There’s a particular advert in the Writers’ & Artists’ Yearbook – a book that I’ve been making good use of recently – that I can’t seem to keep from seeing, because the book rather annoyingly falls open on that page. It’s for a … Continue reading →

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Editing – Part Two

Posted on October 24, 2016 by literarylad

I may have had reservations at the start, but I’m getting seriously into this editing malarkey now. I’m really beginning to appreciate the value of clarifying and simplifying what had become a fairly complex set of inter-weaving stories. It isn’t … Continue reading →

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How do you edit a novel?

Posted on September 2, 2016 by literarylad

And how do you motivate yourself to get started?

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