Episodes

  • 7 tips for compelling titles to captivate your audience
    Oct 23 2024

    Learn how to create engaging titles for conference sessions, blog and podcast headings and email marketing subject lines.

    Listen to find out more about
    • Being specific
    • Using numbers
    • Being short and snappy
    • Choosing verbs wisely
    • Piquing curiosity
    • Targeting your audience

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    Denise and Louise
    • Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    9 mins
  • The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS): In conversation with Russell Harper
    Oct 11 2024

    Russell Harper of The Chicago Manual of Style (CMOS) talks about the changes to the 18th edition.

    Listen to find out more about
    • The international appeal of CMOS
    • Balancing editorial logic and real-world usage
    • Revision decision-making process
    • Reversing stylistic decisions in CMOS
    • Capitalization of identity markers and CMOS
    • Singlular 'they' and CMOS
    • Fiction and creative genres in CMOS guidance
    • Citations and CMOS
    • Keeping up to date with changes in the publishing world

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    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    38 mins
  • How to use a marketing buddy in your editing business
    Aug 29 2024

    Discover how to use a marketing buddy to conquer overwhelm and get your editing and proofreading business promotion moving.

    Listen to find out more about
    • Sharing the problem of marketing inertia
    • Why feeling nervous about marketing with someone else can be empowering
    • Finding a marketing buddy: Forums, groups and professional development events
    • Making space for marketing anxiety
    • Researching your preferred promotion methods
    • Planning business promotion
    • Ideas for you to work on together: Content, events and presentations

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    • Denise Cowle: denisecowleeditorial.com
    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    11 mins
  • Human vs AI: How editors and proofreaders can remain relevant
    Aug 6 2024

    How can human editors and proofreaders remain relevant when AI capability is improving exponentially? Listen to find out more about:

    • Emotional intelligence and sensitivity
    • The ability to be subjective
    • Focusing on the writer as well as the writing
    • Service opportunities
    • Being present in person
    • Unique personal and business identities

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    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    14 mins
  • A checklist for proofreading designed page proofs
    Jul 23 2024

    Learn about what to check when proofreading page proofs prior to publication.

    Listen to find out more about
    • What designed page proofs are
    • What to check in the prelims
    • What to check in the main text
    • What to check in the end matter
    • Which sections to check first

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    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    21 mins
  • Fiction lingo: 5 character roles and their purpose
    Jul 9 2024

    Find out about 5 core character roles within a novel, and how the purpose they serve ensures the story stays focused.

    Listen to find out more about:

    • 5 key character roles in fiction
    • The character role hierarchy
    • Why protagonists aren't always heroes
    • Why antagonists aren't always villains
    • Why even minor characters should have a function
    • How understanding the hierarchy helps authors and editors give appropriate head-space to the appropriate characters

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    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    17 mins
  • Should editors offer free discovery calls?
    Jun 25 2024

    Should editors offer free discovery calls? Our three-step discovery process will help you deliver the process effectively.

    Listen to find out more about
    • What a discovery call is
    • Benefits of discovery calls
    • Time and money considerations
    • Managing unqualified leads
    • Scope creep
    • Emotional labour
    • Three-step discovery process: Web page, email, call

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    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    9 mins
  • Editing and proofreading ELT materials
    Jun 11 2024

    Louise Harnby and Denise Cowle chat about editing and proofreading ELT materials. Listen to find out more about:

    • What is ELT?
    • Who does this work?
    • How does an editor work?
    • What's different about ELT editing?
    • How are the materials formatted?
    • What kit do you need?
    • How to find out more

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    • Louise Harnby: harnby.co/fiction-editing

    Music credit

    'Vivacity’ by Kevin MacLeod

    • Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4593-vivacity
    • Licence: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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    53 mins