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This blog post is about the problem of exhaustion (burnout) for ADHD writers and editors, based on my own experience. You can read about the positive skills of ADHD writers that are a double-edged ...

If you love to write and you have ADHD, you will already be aware of some of the advantages of being neurodivergent when it comes to writing.  Of course, there are negatives of having ADHD - we a...

Comparing POD companies: Ingram Spark, Amazon and others This week I asked my professional editor colleagues for their views and experiences in using various Print-On-Demand companies. These colle...

Planning and writing the first draft of your novel manuscript is arguably both the most important task and the easiest task, among all the tasks you need to do to produce a novel that is ready for ...

This blog is for neurodivergent writers. The aim is to highlight the benefits of being neurodivergent when it comes to the way we write and what we write. Disclaimer: I am 1) neurodivergent, 2) ...

On Time Typing, Editing and Proofreading: We read and review your poetry book manuscript, then We write a manuscript assessment report. Poetry Manuscript Assessment checklist Our manusc...

1. What is the most helpful? (A) a beta read, or (B) a manuscript assessment (also called a manuscript appraisal), or developmental edit (also called structural edit or substantive edit)? A beta r...

"A sensitivity read [or sensitivity edit] is a review of a book, script or game before it is published to help avoid portraying marginalised people and cultures inaccurately, including unintentiona...

When you write a poem from scratch, it can come out pretty good, or it can come out a bit of a mess. Either way, what you end up with is a draft - not a finished poem. To get the message of your...

Congratulations to David W G Witts' for publishing this memoir-based poetry book, Good night sweet prince. David W G Witts acknowledges the Traditional Owners of Country throughout Australia and...