Diane Wordsworth: freelance writer ● novelist ● editor ● ghostwriter ● book reviewer ● member of the CWA ● world-famous nutter-magnet
Friday was a very, very busy day. The biggest job was the ghostwriting gig, as the first instalment needed to be in by the end of the day. However, I like to take a bit of a break in between chapters, and so I alternated between writing and proofreading. The other big job was the proofreading job. I also had in an editing job. There was no firm deadline on the proofreading job and no deadline at all on the […]
Read moreWordPress was having a bit of a hissy fit today. First of all, it wouldn’t let me create or edit a post in Edge, and then it wouldn’t let me preview a post in Opera or Edge. However, as I pay for the personal plan, I was able to contact support and they seem to have fixed it for me. Or at least on Edge they have. Opera may take a while longer, but I’m not using that as much […]
Read morePitching for work I don’t actually need more work at the moment, but I still like to keep an eye on what’s available, and I still keep looking because you never know when a current client no longer has any work for you, or if they go bust, or if you fall out, or anything. One of my regular clients seems to be ghosting me right now. They’ve ignored messages but I can see they’re still working in the workroom. […]
Read moreIn May I joined NetGalley. This is where authors and publishers may list their books, for a fee, which are then requested by professional readers and reviewers who, if accepted, review the book(s). Fiction and non-fiction. I joined as a reader/reviewer. The readers/reviewers are selected by the publisher/author based on: the requester’s biography, where they post their book reviews, and how many reviews they’ve already written. I decided to join NetGalley for two reasons: because I’ve been reviewing writers’ guides over […]
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