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Update: Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG) – who we are
Poetry Editing Group Gippsland (PEGG) is a group of poets based in Gippsland and surrounding regions, who are committed to writing, workshopping and perfecting their poetry. Our members are curr...
Comparing: “traditional publisher”, “self-publishing services”, “hybrid publisher”, “vanity publisher” & “indie publisher”
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...
Our editors – memoirs, novels, poetry, non-fiction books; articles, reports
Our team of editors are experienced in editing poetry, memoir, autobiography, family history, novels and short stories (fiction), non-fiction publications and reports. We do structural editing (or ...
Portfolio: all the self-published books we have produced
We produce books 'from go to whoa': i.e., from handwritten or typed manuscript, or spoken story, through editing and graphic design, to self-published book stage. All of the following books ...
How to use your NDIS funds for coaching, writing and/or editing support
In Australia, if you are an NDIS participant, you can use your NDIS funds to pay for writing, coaching or editing services and support - as long as (a) the support is necessary because of your disa...
Free offer: memoir about mental illness, child abuse and survival
This article has been written and published on behalf of Joan Sammon, for whom I edited and produced a memoir, A life: I am what I am! Background Joan Sammon grew up in Sydney. She is schizophr...
‘Hold your head up high’ by Garry Chippindall (dec)
Garry Chippindall began writing his memoir in 1999 when diagnosed with cancer. He sought help from life story writer Sally-Anne Watson Kane (owner/operator of OTTEP), and began regular scribing ses...
Buibere – volumes 1 and 2. Self-published oral histories of 22 East Timorese women, in Tetun and English
Acknowledgement Sally-Anne Watson Kane would like to acknowledge and thank her mentor, friend and bi'in, ita bo'ot Veronica Pereira, for the professional and cultural assistance and support she pr...
Self-publishing: writing front matter and end matter
So, you've written your manuscript - whether that be a novel, memoir, non-fiction, book of poetry, or something else - and you want to self-publish it. The next step in self-publishing is copy edit...
Why don’t you use your next “holiday break” to start writing that book?
Whether you're staying at home or going away, why don't you use your next holiday break to tell or write your story, or at least to get a start on writing your story? (Then, later on, you can pub...