When (and if) to get help We’ve talked about editing for five weeks now. Those of you following Debi Alper’s superb online Introduction to Self-Editing Your Novel course are reaching its… Harry 13 June 2025 0 Comments
The pedantry and the poetry (Editing Series V) For the past four weeks, I’ve talked in detail about how I personally edit a book. Today, I’m still talking about editing, but I want… Harry 6 June 2025 0 Comments
How I actually edit (IV) University creative writing courses absolutely have their place. Plenty of people get a huge amount out of them. If that’s you, I’m genuinely pleased. Writing… Harry 30 May 2025 1 Comment
How I actually edit (III) Continue here for How I actually edit (IV) here. Over the last couple of weeks, in celebration of our new Introduction to Self-Editing video course,… Harry 23 May 2025 1 Comment
How I actually edit (II) Last week, I talked about my micro-editing habit. This week, we expand a bit. The kind of editing I’m going to talk about here is… Harry 16 May 2025 0 Comments
How I actually edit (I) With the first lesson of our brand new Premium Member course Introduction to Self-Editing launching this week, I thought I’d share my own editing process… Harry 9 May 2025 0 Comments
You Impostor! You fake! You dunce! This month, we’re talking editing. Indeed, if you’re a Premium Member, I very much hope you’ll trot along to my live-editing workshop this coming Tuesday.… Harry 2 May 2025 0 Comments
An open embrace OK, battle of the clichés. Which is truer: “You can’t judge a book by its cover” or “A picture is worth a 1000 words”? Well,… Harry 25 April 2025 3 Comments
The crown of my life I yap on a lot about novels in these emails: I’ve written plenty of novels; I like writing them; the vast majority of you guys… Harry 18 April 2025 0 Comments
A line of green lamps All agents have passions. At our Festival once – late at night and after plenty of wine – one agent started listing hers. I know… Harry 11 April 2025 8 Comments