Author Photos: Putting Your Best Face Forward (Part 4)
“10 Simple Steps to becoming a successful published author” continues with the importance of … Read more
Book Cover Design and Editing: How to create a good-looking book that sells (Part 3)
Maureen Shelley continues with Part 3 of “10 Simple Steps to becoming a successful … Read more
Editing: The Art of Asking the Right Questions (Part 2)
Maureen Shelley continues with Part 2 of “10 Simple Steps to becoming a successful … Read more
Proofreading: What’s it all about? (Part 1)
The Copy Collective’s resident wordsmith Maureen Shelley begins her new blog series: “10 Simple … Read more
How to ask the right questions to deal with dodgy copy briefs
The Copy Collective’s Mr Romance, Jim Butcher, delves into the world of dodgy briefs and … Read more
My favourite punctuation mark
Correct use of colons and semi-colons is good for showing-off. The comma does a … Read more
‘Nouns’ and ‘verbs’ may shape my words, but typography ‘x-heights’ me
When I first started in the media, it was as a layout editor at … Read more
“Listen to this, it is important.”
“This sentence has five words. Here are five more words. Five-word sentences are fine. … Read more