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Transforming oral histories into self-published life stories (memoir or autobiography)
Oral histories are stories told by one person to another and/or recorded electronically. They can be about the person’s whole life, or about just one or multiple experiences or periods in their l...
Our writing/editing coaches – supporting neurodivergent and disabled writers (including NDIS participants)
Our writer-coaches consult with our clients (via Zoom/phone) to coach and provide them with support to meet their writing, self-editing or editing goals. Many of our clients are NDIS participant...
Our scribes and minute-takers – scribing via telephone, Zoom/online, and face to face
On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading has five scribes and minute-takers, based in Darwin (NT), Gippsland (VIC), Cairns (QLD) and Toowoomba (QLD). Our three verbatim scribes have passed the...
Sally-Anne Watson Kane’s professional development in writing and editing
Professional development: writing and editing non-fiction, memoir, family histories, poetry, fiction Sally-Anne Watson Kane is a: professional member of Institute of Professional Editors (IPE...
Should NDIS participants be paying GST for their supports, or not?
Question: If you are an NDIS participant, should GST-registered suppliers be charging you GST? Answer: It depends what supports they are supplying to you. Some types of supplies are GST-free; ot...
Our editors – memoirs, novels, poetry, non-fiction books; articles, reports
Our team of editors are experienced in editing memoir, autobiography, biography, family history, novels and short stories (fiction), creative non-fiction, poetry, and non-fiction publications. We...
Can you sell your books, if you used NDIS-funded supports to help you write them?
If you have used NDIS-funded supports to help you write a book, can you then sell your books? Yes, you can. An example of an NDIS participant who sells their books Let's say you are an NDIS parti...
Our experience in working with people from different backgrounds and abilities
We provide typing, writing, editing, self-publishing and coaching services to people from a diverse range of backgrounds, cultures and ancestry, people who are LGBTQI+, people who are neurodivergen...
Among the Wildflowers – poetry by Delia Tobin, Seamus Foley and Sally-Anne Watson Kane
This new self-published book is a collection of memoir-based poems by 3 poets: co-authors Delia Tobin, Seamus Foley and Sally-Anne Watson Kane. Themes and landscapes in Ireland and Victoria, Austr...
Structural or developmental editing – what is it?
Once a manuscript has been written and self-edited by the writer to the stage where they feel they can't improve it any more themselves, it needs to be edited by a professional editor. Structura...