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The LiFE Award: Literature For the Environment has been awarded to the 27th recipient, a powerful novel of the all too possible future. It is In Memory of Central Park by Queenelle Minet.
Thanks to some hundreds of people, a great many of them previous and current editing clients, I have been voted the best editor for 2007 at the Preditors and Editors poll. Thank you.

Read Kathe Gogolewski's essay on Journalism and Ethics: New Challenges in a Wired Age
Want to hear all about editing a book? I have been interviewed on the topic. You'll find it at http://authorsaccess.com/archives/80.
Woodworking for Idiots Like Me was my second published book. It sold tens of thousands of copies between 1994 and 1999. It is now available again, in a format that makes it far more useful.
I am DELIGHTED to announce that it has won its category in this year's EPPIE Awards.
Darrell Bain's sales in electronic format are higher than of many well-known authors. He has written in appreciation of my editing of two of his books for Twilight Times.
There is now a place on the web where you can inspect unusually excellent books. They have strict selection criteria, but by some miracle I sneaked in :) This is http://www.bookswelove.net.
Improve your writing skills. I now offer an interactive writing course.
Want some fun and win a free electronic book? Find at least five of the ten hidden pictures on this web site. One is on my Welcome page. The other nine... who knows? A click on this link will open a form in a new browser window. As you find the invisible links that lead to the pictures, you can enter the information on the form.
The contest is explained in full on this page.
A simpler way is to buy any of my books anywhere, in any format. If you've bought it elsewhere, you can email me proof of purchase. Buy one, and get a second title, free.
| My work as an editor is now my main source of income. It brings in more than my psychological counseling practice. The reason is... my clients are enthusiastic enough about my work to send others along. |
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The Spaghetti Warrior Prisoners of the Home Duck Portrait of a Firebug Humorous stories:
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Book extracts:
Sleeper, Awake The Start of Magic
Striking Back From Down Under
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My reviews of many excellent books.
The LiFE Award: Literature For Environment. Bobbing Around, my occasional newsletter. Two essays:
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Or you may be interested in receiving a free electronic book. It is one of the Stories of the Ehvelen, about a wonderful little boy who became an immortal hero. Such fame comes at a high price.
Are you a writer? My freelance book editing service is one of the cheapest, and yet many highly competent, established authors have praised the quality of my work. Having edited everything from graduate texts to erotica, I am happy to take on any content, any genre, any style. Have a look at what I am offering.
If you have trouble with the technical aspects of the craft of writing, you will find my interactive writing course to be good value.
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