Urrrrrggghhhh …. January. I envy animals that can simply hibernate through winter, escaping the relentlessly dull, grey, bone-chillingly damp weather. Every year, I sigh at the sight of Easter eggs on the [ read more ]

I usually don’t bother with New Year resolutions, as I find myself making a new resolution at least once a week throughout the year about something, before gradually backsliding into my usual, [ read more ]

Blimey – it’s nearly Christmas, and I haven’t written anything for a whole month … how on earth did that happen? Well it’s not something that I or any other freelancer am [ read more ]

My business planning approach is woeful – many of the projects I work on are so prone to slippage or re-allocation that I have given up planning further than a week ahead. [ read more ]

Have you encountered a scholarly publishing organization or product that you thought was particularly impressive and demonstrated outstanding quality, creativity and innovation? If so, then you can nominate them for an EPIC [ read more ]

One for the book nerds – check out this little nugget from ‘CMOS Shop Talk’, comparing and contrasting editorial style used in book publishing in the 1700s and modern Chicago style, using [ read more ]