How to Kill a Word

I came across this great slideshow by Patrick McLean on Slideshare (many thanks to Laura for the tip!) As a big part of writing and, particularly, editing is removing redundant words, I thought you’d enjoy it as much as I did! How to Kill a WordPowered By the...

What I want to hear!

Today is Monday, the beginning of another week of work and despite a fantastic sunshine here in Athens, Mondays are always tough. Writing, as always, is my solace but I also need human support and companionship.  Today I heard from a reviewer who, although he was...

Editing troubles

    Since I’m currently editing Mad Water, the third book of my dark epic fantasy Pearseus series, these two ring particularly true right now…