The Black Cat monthly round-up: February 2026
February was a month of nearly non-stop rain and constant grey skies. Fortunately, I had the company of plenty of interesting manuscripts to get me through my work days. What I’ve been working on I started with the copy-edit of a collection of short stories inspired by famous operas. It was interesting to see how…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: January 2026
I had some time off over the festive period, so it was a bit of a shock to get back to a full schedule in the new year. Personal highlights this month include the delivery of a new fridge and freezer, and taking my cat for his monthly physiotherapy session. Perhaps I will have more…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: December 2025
It’s stats time! This is the eighth December round-up for Black Cat Editorial Services and 2025 was the tenth year of my freelance career. My trusty spreadsheet tells me that my 2025 projects had a combined word count of 2,944,426, which is a slight increase on 2024, but the overall trend of completing around 3…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: January 2025
Last year, my New Year’s resolution was to read at least one chapter of a novel before I go to bed each night (unless there were extenuating circumstances, like illness or having had to leave the house to talk to people). I won’t say that I always achieved this, but it has certainly become more…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: November & December 2024
The December blog post is traditionally my stats report, so here we go. This is the seventh December round-up for Black Cat Editorial Services, and 2025 will see the tenth anniversary of the launch of my freelance career – I should probably think of something to do to mark that milestone. My trusty spreadsheet tells…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: October 2024
October wasn’t the most exciting of months. I took Oscar for his dental check (he doesn’t need a clean yet – back in six months) and I went for Sunday lunch at a local pub. Halloween passed us by. We were okay about that. What I’ve been working on I finished off the critique of…
The Black Cat round-up: July–September 2024
Okay, so, this is a round-up for the last three months – the blog had to take a bit of a back seat for a while, but I will endeavor to do better from now on! What I’ve been working on Let’s rewind all the way back to July. I had two very different projects…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: June 2024
June was a difficult month – some pretty unfortunate family news consumed a lot of my non-work time. (I am fine, but there will be a stressful six months or so ahead.) One highlight, though, was a trip to the seaside. Ella and Rocky were very excited to try their first-ever pup cups – one…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: May 2024
There’s not a lot of work to report for May. I had a fairly light schedule for most of the month, and then I flew off to Scotland for the last week. I went to visit a friend, and we had a lovely time, despite the cloudy weather. Helensburgh is a beautiful place, and I…
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