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So, you've written and self-edited your manuscript (MS), as a Word document. You've made sure it is structurally sound. You believe it is ready to be handed to an editor for a "final copy edit", be...

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...

Professional development: writing and editing non-fiction, memoir, life stories, poetry, fiction Sally-Anne Watson Kane is a: professional member of Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd) ...

What is ATS?  It's important nowadays to submit a resume that will be noticed by ATS. ATS is the acronym for 'Applicant Tracking Systems' which are some of the software programs used by hiri...

What's the difference between a "publisher", "self-publishing services provider", "hybrid publisher", "indie publisher", and "vanity publisher"? Firstly, the first four models - publishing, self...

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...

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. ...

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...

Are you the sort of writer who writes when you are bursting with emotion and/or spirit, and your feeling pours out through your writing and ends up being part of your own or your characters' story?...

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...