Setting up a platform is easy. Keeping it fresh is time-consuming, and in strict accounting terms may not be worth the time and effort as far as generating income is concerned. So why bother?
Read MoreProfessional writer
The Professional Writer: Know Your Rights
Do you know about types of copyright and moral rights?
Read MoreProofreading (by someone else) is essential
When it comes to proofreading, we tend to hear what we expect to hear. Why? And what can we do about it?
Read MoreA potentially useful word website
Could this website be a substitute for a printed usage guide?
Read MoreBook review: Bird By Bird
It's not often one comes across a book which purports to contain instructions on both writing and life. Does the concept work?
Read MoreThe writer's paradox
Many writers are introverts. Perhaps even most are. It’s an ideal state for the act of writing itself, where an ability to remain silent, and not interact with another person, for hours on end is a blessing.
Read MoreHow to not write without feeling guilty
When does not writing count as writing?
Read MoreA Writer’s Reference Toolkit: Style Guides (Updated)
There are two broad kinds of style guide. There is the generic type, containing advice on such things as whether to use “different from” or “different than”. And there is the specific type, ie specific to a particular publication. For example, should “internet” be spelled with a lower case “i”, or as “Internet”?. The specific style guide will tell you.
Read MoreHow I write: books
How can you start writing a book if you don’t know where to start?
Read MoreHow I produce books
There are different stages in the writing and publication of a book. I wrote about the software I use at each stage.
Read MoreThe Professional Writer: Other people’s practice
What can writers learn from the way other writers work?
Read MoreThe Professional Writer: Bad company
Should you write for poorly-edited publications featuring poorly-written articles?
Read MoreNegotiating practice
It’s all very well my coming along and saying: “Negotiate! They can only say ‘no’.”, as I did in the article entitled The Professional Writer: Negotiating. But how do you work up the courage to do so?
Read MoreUK Copyright conference
As we haven’t adopted the EU’s Copyright Directive, what will copyright law look like in the UK? Also, how has copyright been affected by Covid-19? These and other issues will be discussed in this online conference taking place on 16 July 2020.
Read MoreThe Professional Writer: Negotiating
Why is negotiating essential for the professional writer?
Read MoreThe professional writer: Contracts
A contract is essential — even between friends.
Read MoreThe professional writer: a matter of respect
Why writers should ask for payment — even if they don’t need it.
Read MoreThe professional writer: honing your craft
What does it take to be a professional writer?
Read MoreBullets or numbers?
Should you use bullets or numbers in a list?
Read MoreDigital opportunities for educational publishing
If you aspire to write educational material and have it published digitally, there’s a great seminar coming up on 6th May 2020.
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