I’m contributing to this (as Prepare to Publish) tomorrow – look out for our ‘guide to editorial excellence’ handout, and some great experts here for giving your books the best chance in the market. twitter.com/BytetheBook/st…

RT @DarienGS: @chapmanbookman I end up spending the first 90% of my time on the language, and then the other 90% on the sense.

I feel my best work as an editor is on books that are well written already. Working on poorly written ones means you spend all your energy on getting basic stuff fixed that the higher-level stuff has to take second place. (Obviously well written ones are more enjoyable too…)

@purserhallard L started reading that a few months ago but found it too upsetting.

RT @gethistories: An American explorer in Kyiv. gethistories.com/p/jerusalem-of…

Wordle 248 2/6 – at last!

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@htfb Ditto!

Just found the 10yo sitting perched naked on the lip of the shower cubicle, deep in a book. This is of course entirely normal in this household.

RT @SlowWaysUK: We’re looking for people in every town & city in Great Britain to help create a national walking network.

During the first…