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The Black Cat monthly round-up: June 2023

June was a much less stressful month than the curse that was May. Oscar (my cat)…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: February 2023

I know what you are thinking: did Hannah survive her venture into wall climbing? I did,…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: December 2022

This is the fifth December round-up for Black Cat Editorial Services, which seems like an achievement…
Editing essentials: getting started in proofreading

Every so often an email will drop into my inbox from someone who is thinking about…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: October 2022

This round-up is a bit late, and that’s because something pretty momentous happened at the end…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: June 2022

In my May round-up, I mentioned a zombie horror novel I’d been copy-editing. I had previously…
Fiction essentials: vocative expressions

I touched on vocative expressions in my blog post on how to punctuate dialogue, but I…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: April 2022

I’m glad to be able to report that I have recovered from whatever lurgy I had…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: March 2022

I had the lurgy (fortunately not the lurgy, which I have thus far managed to avoid)…
The Black Cat monthly round-up: January 2022

I took a fairly extended break over Christmas and New Year’s, but it still feels like…