Non-Fiction Developmental Editor, Writing Coach, and Back Cover Copywriter
It was Friday, July 19th, 1991
We were at The Royal Festival Hall and had the best seats in the house — that, at least, our pockets could afford.
But we weren’t seated for long.
Picture the scene. You’ve taken the admiral step of writing a book. Now here you are, staring at ‘that’ passage, wondering for the umpteenth time, “Should it stay, or should it go?”
The prose sings. The research is impeccable. Yet someone — a trusted friend, colleague, beta reader, editor — has ‘suggested’ you delete it because apparently, they think “it has nothing to do with the main argument.”
Sound familiar?
I love Indian cuisine.
Creamy Dal Makhani. Chickpea and potato Aloo Chana. Carrot, sweetcorn, and green pea Jalfrezi. Okra, bell pepper, and coconut Sabzi … I could continue!
As a vegetarian, I love that although these dishes are made with ordinary vegetables, their flavorsome bases are far from ordinary.
Continue reading “Season With Care: A MasterChef Guide to Writing With Adverbs”
Can you trust everything you read on the internet? The answer is no, of course. But is it becoming harder to detect the authentic from the fabricated?
Have you ever found yourself double/triple/quadruple-checking your usage of affect vs. effect or principle vs. principal?
Continue reading “Perplexing Pairs: Principal vs. Principle (and Other Tricky Twins)”