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The importance of intuition (for editing consultants and freelancers)

Editors need good intuition to carry out their work because intuition plays an important role in the task of editing. Freelance editing consultants need good intuition not only in order to do th...

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Free offer: memoir by Joan Sammon

This article has been written and published on behalf of Joan Sammon, whose  memoir A life: I am what I am!  was produced by Sally-Anne Watson Kane in 2019. Background Joan Sammon, who grew up ...

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“Bright lights” – memoir-based poems and stories by S Reynolds

Shirley wrote and told these stories and poems that are all based on her love for all the beautiful animals and people in her life, childhood experiences growing up in New Zealand, and imagination ...

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Can you sell your books, if you used NDIS-funded supports to help you write them?

If you have used NDIS-funded supports such as writer coaching or storytelling coaching and as a result have self-published a book, can you then sell your books? Yes, you can - although please don't...

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“Whanau adventures” – picture book journey through Maori culture

Shirley Reynolds' self-published picture book is a rollicking story takes the reader through a journey via the author's travels with her large family through a series of fantasy worlds, cultural pl...

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Poet bios – Sally-Anne Watson Kane, Seamus Foley and Delia Tobin

Among the Wildflowers (2023) is a self-published compilation of poems by three poets: Sally-Anne Watson Kane, Seamus Foley and Delia Tobin. Delia, Seamus and Sally-Anne acknowledge all First Nat...

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“Worldwide recipes”, self-published by S Reynolds

This book was compiled by Shirley Reynolds, who asked friends and family to contribute their favourite tried-and-true recipes from their diverse families, backgrounds and countries, for this book. ...

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So, you want to start a home-based business (work from home)?

If you want to start a small business, you need to think about the pros and cons of running a business from home, versus from an external office. If you then decide to work from home, you need to c...

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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 recorded and/or documented. They can be about the person’s whole life, just one experience or period of the person's life, or a theme ...

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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 verbatim scribes have passed the On Ti...

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