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The Editor Who Reads Too Much
~a blog on books, editing, writing & publishing~

1984: 1999 vs 2021

24/1/2022

 
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How has my perception of 1984 changed in the 22 years since I last read it?

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Scene connections and why they matter

4/1/2022

 
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Question: Do all the events and scenes in my story need a reason to be in the book?

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My TBR List

3/1/2022

 
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May I present ... my #TBR bookshelf.

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Best books of 2021

30/12/2021

 
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The best novels I read were books I’ve read previously!

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SYP Mentorship: Meeting 2

7/12/2021

 
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What happens when I travel into the City to meet Juliet at her office at Mushens Entertainment?

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The Time Audit

7/12/2021

 
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I can’t hear the words ‘the time’ without automatically thinking of ‘The Time Warp’ from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

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My 5 Tips from NaNoWriMo 2021

3/12/2021

 
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Writing a novel in a month isn't easy. Let me share what worked for me in 2021.

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What to do after NaNoWriMo

1/12/2021

 
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You’ve just finished NaNoWriMo! Congratulations! Now what?

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Chat with Audiobookish Podcast

5/10/2021

 
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Let's talk audio!

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My SYP Mentorship: Meeting 1

14/9/2021

 
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What happens when you do a mentorship when you're older than everyone else? I'm about to find out!

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The Greatest Knight

5/8/2021

 
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When we think of knights, our imaginations conjure up armor, chivalry, and jousting, but what if that wasn’t the complete picture?

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The Last Kingdom & The British Museum

15/7/2021

 
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Little in life is more pleasurable than seeing reality reflected in a book.

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His Bloody Project

18/5/2021

 
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His Bloody Project is a fantastic example of writing that creates a realistic sense of time and place. If you want to experience a nineteenth-century murder trial in rural Scotland, pick this up.

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Endgame

4/3/2021

 
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On March 4, 2020 at the Old Vic, I saw my final plays before lockdown: “Endgame” and “Rough for Theatre II.” Could it have been more prophetic?

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England's Queens: The Biography

14/2/2021

 
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In the Oxfam bookshop near the British Museum in Bloomsbury, I found a copy of England's Queens. Wow. There was so much I didn’t know!

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Keeping Up with the Editors

25/1/2021

 
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How do editors stay on top of their game?

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Happy Birthday, Poe!

19/1/2021

 
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“The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge.”  
    Edgar Allan Poe, “The Cask of Amontillado”

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Appreciate a Dragon Day

16/1/2021

 
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Everyone has a favorite dragon, right?

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What I learned from a year on the SYP London Committee

12/1/2021

 
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The SYP London 2020 Committee. We had no idea what we were in for!

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The Best Books I Read in 2020

5/1/2021

 
There's a book here for everyone.

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The Midnight Library

31/12/2020

 
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The Midnight Library was the last book I finished reading in 2020 ...

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Lockdown Christmas

25/12/2020

 
Some of the books under the tree this year!

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Happy birthday, Jane Austen!

16/12/2020

 
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It's her 245th birthday!

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V for Vendetta

5/11/2020

 
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Finished reading just in time!

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Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

15/10/2020

 
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Why is Rebecca such a magical book? Because writer Du Maurier delivers the details with such brilliance. 

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    • England's Queens: The Biography
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