Tricky little apostrophes

by | Jan 28, 2012 | 9 comments

The following information will benefit everyone who writes anything, not just those who write for publication. It will help you when you write those company reports, memos and presentations. You do want to look as if you know what you’re talking about, right? It...

Self-doubt? Rise above it.

by | Jan 21, 2012 | 8 comments

Is it true that we rarely rise higher than our self-doubt? This week I’ve been pondering a statement I found in the manuscript I’m currently editing. The actual wording is: “Few people rise higher than their self-doubt”. When I first read that...

Keeping it new.

by | Jan 14, 2012 | 2 comments

Week two of January and already the “newness” of the year is fading. That didn’t take long! Perhaps it’s because I’ve begun work again, editting someone else’s book-that-is-about-to-be-published. Once you switch off the Big Fish...

2012, here we come.

by | Jan 7, 2012 | 3 comments

Hello world! Did you all enjoy seeing in the New Year? For me, the start of a new year reminds me of when I was in school, opening up a brand new exercise book full of blank pages ready to be filled. Ah the anticipation! What shall we scribble on the pages? What...

Final words for 2011

by | Dec 23, 2011 | 6 comments

Christmas Day is two sleeps away. Hanukkah has already begun. New Years will be on us before we know it. I’m having a little break from blogging for the next couple of weeks and it’s highly possible that most people won’t get around to reading this...