I don’t routinely copyedit books much anymore, but I still care deeply about books, and I think the world needs them now more than ever. My ears always prick up when I [ read more ]

I think I have discovered a new personal hero – Ellen Jovin, a published grammar and language specialist in the US, decided to do something deceptively simple. She packed up some reference [ read more ]

Is anyone else bereft at the thought of losing WHSmith from the high street (https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/article-14380565/WHSmith-shut-branches-new-owner-fears-major-job-losses.html)? Yes, they have started to look a little tired lately, and nobody would ever think of launching [ read more ]

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 ]