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Marilyn Monroe in Bendigo
Last week (April 2016) I visited my home town, Bendigo, where an enormous statue of Marilyn Monroe towers above the main crossroads as part of the Marilyn Monroe exhibition presented by Bendigo Art...
How I started up my scribing/editing business
Starting from scratch My business is a mixture of online and offline services. I am still developing my skills, learning to manage my business better and always improving my online shopfront (w...
The editing stages of producing a book, report or other document
If you have written a document that you intend to publish or circulate in the public arena, it needs to be presented so those readers will read and understand it. Whether your document is a repo...
So, you want to start a home-based business?
First you need a online shopfront Every business needs a shopfront - the place to which your customers go to check out whatever you are selling. If you have a home-based business, odds are your ...
Why writers need editors
Writing and editing require very different skills and writers and editors have very different roles. Writers and editors are both required to produce a written work whether it be a report, submissi...
The skills you need to start a typing/scribing business
To start up a home-based scribing/typing business, you'll need to: be experienced in working with sensitive and confidential information and have a very good understanding of how to keep your ...
Short review: ‘If This Is A Woman’ by Sarah Helm
If This Is A Woman - Inside Ravensbruck: Hitler's Concentration Camp for Women by Sarah Helm, 2015. Excerpt from blurb: 'For decades the story of Ravensbruck was hidden behind the Iron Curtain and...
When can you self-edit and when do you need an editor?
Self-editing is the task of editing your own document after you have written it. After self-editing, some types of documents also need to be edited and/or proofread by another person. When is self...