I'd like to introduce you to my new employee. Please welcome Oxford Bear. Oxford was born...bought on my 40th birthday while I was visiting Oxford in England. I'd been given a small teddy bear by my young children and sadly lost it. So with it being my birthday, I bought Oxford. He travelled everywhere with … Continue reading The Working Bear – Oxford
WORD WAR with Cac the Proofreader
Cac The Proofreader back for yet another Word War tip! Homophones: Words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have totally different meanings. We all get tripped up at one point or another. And here's one that is CONSTANTLY being misused--yes, even by very accomplished writers! THERE denotes a place or a specific moment … Continue reading WORD WAR with Cac the Proofreader
FIVERR and the Pros and Cons of Formatting
FIVERR and those who offer Formatting, also known as Interior Book Design, through this platform can be awesome and then not so much. Authors, especially new ones, need to know how to research and get the best. It's time for those questions again. All Authors need to know what questions to ask to find a … Continue reading FIVERR and the Pros and Cons of Formatting
WORD WAR with Cac the Proofreader
"WORD WAR" time with Cac The Proofreader! The is a BIG one for so many people, and I'm here to clarify it for you. Let's just dive right in, shall we? WHO vs. WHOM. WHO is used as the subject of a sentence. Here's a great trick: if you can replace the words "he" or … Continue reading WORD WAR with Cac the Proofreader
Introducing Cac the Proofreader and her WORD WAR
I'd like to welcome Cathy Stiner to my blog with her WORD WAR. Cathy is a proofreader and has her own business called Hawk Eyes Proofreading. I will be blogging Cathy's WORD WAR items every week and they will go out on a Monday. What I liked most about Cathy's posts are the simple and … Continue reading Introducing Cac the Proofreader and her WORD WAR
FIVERR the Pros and Cons and How to Pick a Graphic Designer
FIVERR... The place many people go to get cheap work done, especially new authors and those who don't understand the ropes of how to get the best out of FIVERR. This post is to help you find your way, researching who to trust and when to run. It's a bit like people using Vanity Publishing, … Continue reading FIVERR the Pros and Cons and How to Pick a Graphic Designer
Fiverr and Images
Many new authors use Fiverr as a cheap place to go and get work done on their books, be it a book cover, images inside a book, editing or formatting. All I can say is please check and research anyone you use, especially from Fiverr and similar sites. Yes, there are some great people on … Continue reading Fiverr and Images
Nero The Alarm Clock #Nero #Cat #adventures
Who needs an Alarm clock when you have...NERO THE CAT... OMG, he is such a darling until he wakes you at 4 am on a Saturday morning. That is two weeks in a row and I've discovered why this happens. Partly my own fault to say the least, however, this Friday, I won't get it … Continue reading Nero The Alarm Clock #Nero #Cat #adventures
WordPress Owners: Please Read
HATE it with a vengeance… It’s bloody awful. I’m in my fifties…I’m a designer and like having control of my blogging. You lose it big time with BLOCK EDITOR… I also work with visually impaired bloggers, this mean’s my work now takes twice as long… ANNOYING… In fact, I’ve not posted since it was forced on me… DISAPPOINTED.
You can get the plugin Classic Editor, however, you need a Business Account to use it…You can get a partial Classic on WP-ADMIN area, though the Justify is missing…Still not found it and I hate untidy posts. Still Muttering and WP have stopped replying to me.
If anyone who reads this is not happy with the new Block Editor, if you don’t want to use it, wish it had never happened, and quite literally hate the thing, then please reblog this post, share it constantly on social media, and let’s see if we can get WordPress to take notice of us.
Dear WordPress, you have started to force the Block Editor on your blogging community. You must have your reasons for this, and I supect they are commerical ones. After all, you have to make a profit, and you continue to provide a basic blogging platform free of charge to the majority of your bloggers.
However.
You will also be aware that a significant percentage of your loyal bloggers absolutelyHATEthis new Block Editor. It is not intuitive, and we can see no good reason for it having to be forced on us.
It is…
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What You Should Do Now That WordPress Have Officially Retired The Classic Editor
I hate the block editing and may have to find another way to have a website. WIX anyone…
If you’re a WordPress.Com user and use the WordPress.Com Classic editor, WordPress recently made an important announcement which will affect you and which you may have missed.
Well over a year ago, WordPress announced that the WordPress.com Classic editor was being set for retirement. Since the beginning of 2019, I’ve also mentioned this in several of my own blog posts.
On August 13, 2020, WordPress finally announced that their Classic editor was now officially retired. However, it’s not entirely disappearing.
To continue using the Classic editor, users will have to access it via the Classic block on the Gutenberg Block Editor.
The Classic block provides an editing experience that mimics the Classic editor with some added benefits.
When are the changes taking place?
The changes are happening in phases. WordPress will email users informing them when to expect the change.
For full details and how…
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Your Words or Your Editor’s? – by Jim Dempsey…
Your words or your editors, by Jim Dempsey
on Writer Unboxed:
This month’s fiction therapy is a reply to a question from a member of the WU community, Nanette J. Purcigliotti.
I had edited some of Nanette’s work, and she had some questions afterwards, with concerns that I think many writers have about working with an editor. Here’s what she wrote:
“I thank you again for your revised suggestions. But they are your words, not mine. That doesn’t make me comfortable. How do I get around that?”
A fair question, I think, and I completely understand Nanette’s concern. Working with an editor means that some of that person’s suggestions, and even words, could make their way into your work, a work that is deeply personal to you. And this can be done to the point that it doesn’t feel like your words. I can get that, and I can understand that an author would be uncomfortable with that.
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