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Author Interview with aged care professional Felicity Chapman

Kit Carstairs · April 24, 2018 · Leave a Comment

Author, Felicity Chapman

We took a moment to chat with Felicity Chapman, author and sometime MAA client. We first had the chance to work with Felicity when she won the Kingdom of Ironfest Author in Residence Contest, of which we were a sponsor. Her book, Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People in … [Read more...] about Author Interview with aged care professional Felicity Chapman

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Getting Published, Non-fiction Tagged With: aged care, aged care non-fiction, Australian Authors, Author interview, Counselling and Psychotherapy with Older People in Care: A Support Guide, Felicity Chapman, Jessica Kingsley, non-fiction, publishing, Publishing journey, Writing, Writing non-fiction

Author interview with action/thriller writer Keith McArdle

Kit Carstairs · November 28, 2017 · 1 Comment

Author, Kieth McArdle

We took a moment to chat with Keith McArdle; author and sometime MAA client. We wanted to know a little more about his life as a writer; how he writes, what he writes and what drives him. He was kind enough to take the time to tell us all about it… Can you tell us a little bit … [Read more...] about Author interview with action/thriller writer Keith McArdle

Filed Under: Adventure fiction, All About Editing, Author Interviews, Book Marketing, Crime fiction, General Fiction, Getting Published, Military fiction, Self Publishing, Thriller fiction Tagged With: Author interview, Book marketing, editing, Keith McArdle, Military fiction, publishing, self-publishing, Suspense fiction, Writing

Author Interview – Heather Hawkins

Kit Carstairs · October 17, 2017 · 2 Comments

Heather is the author of ‘Adventurous Spirit’, a memoir chronicling her life through its many challenges. You will see, below, that I’ve asked Heather to tell us a bit about herself… don’t be fooled by her modest coverage of her achievements. Heather is a warrior; a life loving, … [Read more...] about Author Interview – Heather Hawkins

Filed Under: Adventure fiction, All About Editing, Author Interviews, Getting Published, Non-fiction, Uncategorized Tagged With: adventure writing, Adventurous Spirit, Australian Authors, authors, editing, Heather Hawkins, Marathon Running, Sports autobiographies, Sports writing, The Manuscript Agency, Travel writing, Writing

Editing Part 2 – Editing ‘Adventurous Spirit’ (by Heather Hawkins)

Kit Carstairs · October 17, 2017 · Leave a Comment

'Adventurous Spirit' by Heather Hawkins

Manuscript – Adventurous Spirit Author – Heather Hawkins Publisher – Murdoch Books Editor – The Manuscript Agency’s Michele Perry In 2007, at the age of 41, with two teenagers and a contentedly unadventurous life Heather Hawkins made a doctor's appointment. Swiftly thereafter she … [Read more...] about Editing Part 2 – Editing ‘Adventurous Spirit’ (by Heather Hawkins)

Filed Under: All About Editing, Author Interviews, Getting Published, Non-fiction Tagged With: Adventurous Spirit, Athletes, copy editing, editing, Heather Hawkins, Marathon Running, Memoir, Murdoch Books, non-fiction, Ovarian Cancer, Published Books, publishing, Running challenges, Sport books, Sport memoirs, structural editing, The Manuscript Agency, Writing

Editing Part 1 – What is editing?

Kit Carstairs · October 17, 2017 · 2 Comments

Editing is a job that is mostly misrepresented and overwhelmingly misunderstood. Behind most great works of literature is a dedicated editor. As an editor one of the most frustrating misconceptions about our role is that we simply fix spelling and punctuation errors. In fact, … [Read more...] about Editing Part 1 – What is editing?

Filed Under: All About Editing, Getting Published, Non-fiction, Self Publishing Tagged With: appraisals, Books, copy editing, editing, editors, Grammar, literature, manuscript critique, manuscripts, novel writing, Publishing Houses, spelling and punctuation, structural editing, Writing

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