Professional copy editor. I write short stories for women's magazines. Novel: What Jennifer Knows. I read and review fiction too. https://teapaw.org/t.co/1gm7Nx2FGA
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I spy with my copy editor’s eye…
Always happy to talk through authors' editing requirements. In the meantime, here’s a link to my FAQs page:
wendyproof.co.uk/faqs/
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It's Day 3 of the blog tour for THE LEAP YEAR PROPOSAL and I gave this interview to the Frugal Freelancer! Join us for chat on traditions, hen dos and what's next! #giveaway saratrimble.wordpress.com/20…
"Laws, Weasels, Teapots and Unfinished Tales"
An important video about meeting the needs of children with SEND (special educational needs and disabilities) youtu.be/TtK-ZjeoUY8?si=Jmq8… via @YouTube
📢Tell Us About…'Something New'. A Monthly Global Challenge. #WritingChallenge #WritingMeme rosieamber.wordpress.com/202… via @rosieamber1
"It’s pure entertainment, a perfectly delightful and beguiling read"
#BookReview of #TheQueenOfFives by Alex Hay | @alexhaybooks @headlinepg @headlinebooks swirlandthread.com/the-queen… via @swirlandthread
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"it's all so beautifully told"
#Review: The Storyteller's Daughter by Victoria Darke @Toryscott @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #blogtour #BoldwoodBloggers #publicationday #historical #mystery #RespectRomFic beinganne.com/2025/01/review… via @Williams13Anne
"In this post we’re venturing into nitty-gritty proofreading territory"
New writers, I hope my post about consistency on @tonyriches' blog will be of help to you:
tonyriches.blogspot.com/2017…
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Escape the cold January blues and head off to the sunshine island of Tenerife in these uplifting feel-good stories of friendships and new beginnings
#TravelTuesday
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It's release day for our very own IG manager and regular contributor, Katie...Check it out, everyone...
It's release day!
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This collection of flash fiction stories is a mosaic of moments from the lives of artist Fern, widower Dave, and his daughter Grace, that remind us that the best relationships sometimes take a long time to bloom.
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Sharing my #WeekendReading #BookReview - The Bookshop Ladies by @GerHogan - a wonderful story of friendship, community and #booksbooksbooks :-)
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Top Ten Tuesday 14th January 2025: Bookish Goals for 2025 | #TopTenTuesday #amreading #bookrecommendations #TuesdayBookBlog #Booksky portobellobookblog.com/2025/… via @portybelle
Book #review of The Stolen Queen by Fiona Davis tcl-bookreviews.com/2025/01/… via @ChocolateLady57
"Its emotional impact is enormous"
Midnight in Paris by Gillian Harvey @GillPlusFive @BoldwoodBooks @rararesources #blogtour #publicationday #womensfiction #BoldwoodBloggers #RespectRomFic beinganne.com/2025/01/review… via @Williams13Anne
"Some people get very hot under the collar about the comma splice"
New writers, I hope my post about grammar rules on @tonyriches' blog will be of help to you:
tonyriches.blogspot.com/2017…
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#TuesNews: Today I'm talking about the interesting facts you learn when a copyeditor has been through your work😊
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To celebrate the publication of A MATTER OF PERSUASION💙 on 30th Jan I’m giving away a signed paperback and matching mug
Follow and retweet to enter. UK only. Competition closes midnight 20th Jan
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Yahoo! Our new weekly is out tomorrow! We have stories by Alison Carter, John Holmes @ThompsonEirin @authorgabrielle @TeresaAshby Annie Harris and @MsBethWatson
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It's a double delight tomorrow as our new Special is out too! We have amazing stories by Alison Carter @TeresaAshby Lucy Chester, Charmaine Fletcher, Christine Connor, Moira Smyth @SJPfiction @ThompsonEirin @ABBK1 @SheenaOdey Christopher Goulding (1/2)
"In order to avoid writing unrealistic dialogue, it can help if you read it out loud"
New writers, I hope my post about dialogue on @tonyriches' blog will be of help to you:
tonyriches.blogspot.com/2017…
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Delighted to have been shortlisted (or, as they say in the US, short listed) for this prize for Western and Americana Fiction.
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"An American Western Pride & Prejudice."⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
ALT Text: Short Listed for 2024 Laramie Award for Western and Americana Fiction. Chanticleer International Book Awards. Book on right: Under a Gilded Sky