The Light Bulb and the Business Plan
The Business Plan Most businesses, whether publishing or air fresheners, start with a business plan. Ours didn’t. We began what is now Chapterhouse because we had run out of work and [...]
EDITORS MAKE A DIFFERENCE
And Proofreaders Too... His first book was different from his second. My answers are different to yours. This exam is different than the one in the Spring. Copy-editors and proofreaders worry far too much about these [...]
TRICKY SPELLINGS
Authors' Names Copy-editors and Proofreaders Beware As we saw yesterday, when we learn to copy-edit and proofread, special attention must always go to the spelling of names. The trouble with [...]
SPELLINGS FOR EDITORS AND PROOFREADERS
No one is an impeccable speller. Proofreaders and copy-editors are no exception. We all have weak spots; there are some rogue words which seem designed to to catch us out. [...]
GREAT TO HEAR FROM A CHAPTERHOUSE STUDENT
You never know where a Chapterhouse course will lead! An email today from a student tells more... Hello. I did the four day at Imperial last Summer and enjoyed it. ... About [...]
LOVELY TO HEAR FROM A FORMER STUDENT TODAY!
Feedback on the Editorial Skills Course I undertook in 1993 (better late than never!) I was a student on one of the first four-day Editorial Skills courses offered by Chapterhouse, [...]
THE EDITING DIARIES (PART 3)
Bestselling author Lavinia Collins talks about the process of editing her second trilogy, published with Not So Noble Books, out now! Book II So, The Witches of Avalon is safely out, and [...]
LETTER TO PUBLISHER
Dear Daniel, When we met at the London Book Fair, a couple of years back now, you kindly said over that warm Chardonnay so generously provided by Slavering Wretch Press [...]
ACADEMIC PROOFREADING – PERILS AND PITFALLS
A guest spot today from an academic acquaintance... I get a lot of students – not just international, but mainly – coming to me asking for academic proofreading services. Universities [...]
CHAPTERHOUSE WEBSITE
Website Nightmares! We had website problems over the weekend. Our clever computer guys have worked on it, but there are still a couple of issues to be resolved, so bear [...]