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Marketing your business during and after COVID-19
Over the past two months, many businesses have been able to quickly rethink their marketing strategies, and come up with new strategies that target the current needs of clients in our new COVID-19 ...
Writing and editing: the tools we use for communicating with clients
We use different communication tools for our different writing and editing services, which include: 1) life story writing, and editing, designing and producing self-published memoirs and autobio...
Preserving your family’s story for future generations
Nowadays, most families are too busy to spend much time listening to their elders' stories. This means that often, when the great-grandparents, grandparents or parents pass away, most of their and ...
Self-publishing: producing a hardcopy book
The steps of producing a self-published hardcopy book are: writing and self-editing (including, possibly, beta reading and/or manuscript appraisal); editing; graphic design; proofreading; proofread...
Scribes and minute-takers: the importance of good auditory (listening and understanding) skills
What is a scribe or minute-taker A scribe or minute-taker is a person who scribes what the people at a meeting are saying while they are saying it. They also scribe interviews, discussions, perfor...
PEGG Report – Poetry Editing Group Gippsland workshop 8th Feb 2020
The second Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG) workshop was held from 12.30 pm to 5 pm at the Moe library, on Saturday 8th February, 2020. The focus of this particular workshop was traditional...
Producing, editing and publishing an audio book in Australia
This article will be of interest to writers, editors and self-publishers seeking to create an audio book of their e-book or hardcopy book. Thank you, Gabi Plumm, for providing the information upon ...
FAQs for writers – beta reading, manuscript assessment and structural editing
FAQs about beta reading, manuscript assessments and structural editing 1. At what stage should I look at having my manuscript beta read, assessed or edited? Self-edit your manuscript to what y...
Editing fiction and non-fiction: a comparison
The purpose of editing any publication, whether non-fiction or fiction, is to make the corrections necessary to ensure that the author's meaning, and voice, are conveyed as exactly as possible to t...
Poetry Book Beta Reading Checklist
On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading's Beta Readers: read and review your poetry book manuscript, then write a Beta Reading Report based on our Beta Reading Checklist. Our Poetry Boo...