Archive for category Resources & How-Tos
7 simple steps: how not to get employed by a publisher
Posted by Leticia in Books, Editing, Publishing, Resources & How-Tos on December 3rd, 2009
In the past three months, we here at Brascoe Publishing have had a lot of requests for work. A lot of really bad ones. So many, in fact, that we thought it was high time to post a blog about it. Here is how you avoid getting a job with a publisher. 1. Forget that [...]
Which dash is the right dash?
Posted by Leticia in Editing, Resources & How-Tos on August 3rd, 2009
One of the changes in the punctuation used by many people that I have come across in recent years is the rise of the dash. Increasingly, instead of using commas, people tend to use dashes; whether this is because the dash gives a more immediate sense of a break, or whether it is because of [...]
Writer’s Block: how to climb that wall
Posted by Leticia in Resources & How-Tos on July 30th, 2009
If you’re a writer, then no doubt you have been at the mercy of your that dreaded feeling that you can’t write a word. You know that you can. In fact, there are six thousand words in your MS Word document to prove it. The problem is that you’ve been feeling slightly guilty about not [...]
