Independent authors need just as much, maybe even more support than traditionally published authors. Publishing a book on your own is a...

If you're going down the self publishing route and you're in the end stages of finishing your book, then you may want to consider the...

That time has now come to do a round up of all the word class blog posts I have been writing for the past year. But first: What is a word...

It's the new year, which means this is the year you finish your manuscript. Writing a book is daunting and sometimes even when you've put...

On the first day of Christmas, my true love gave to me... As it's December 1st, some Christmas spirit is due on Sophie's Proof, and I...

When it comes to writing, your characters play such a massive part in the quality of your story. Getting to know your characters is...

As a writer one of your biggest problems can be finding the time to actually write, or finding any excuse to avoid it. Your book isn't...

The final post in my word class series is pronouns! Pronouns take the place of a noun in a sentence to keep writing more concise and to...

One thing I have learnt and noticed as a writer and editor is how scarred we are from primary school English lessons. There were so many...

You, I am writing this blog post for you... Essentially, this is second person... Writing in 2nd person (aka direct address) is one of my...

What is a copyeditor? The copyedit is completed in the final (ish) stages of the editing project. It looks at the micro aspects of a...

I wrote a book... After working with some amazing authors in my business, I decided it was time to publish my own piece of work. As a...

As a writer and editor, I have a few tips and tricks that can instantly tidy up a piece of work and help it get ready for the editing...

Every single word in a sentence will belong to a word class, there may be times where a word's job differs and therefore it will belong...

As a writer it can be so hard to get to the point where you feel like you have completely finished your book. After spending so long...

Typesetting is an extremely important part of the publishing process in both traditional publishing and self publishing. Typesetting...

Have you finished writing your book? Are you looking for an editor? Here is what you need to know and what you need to do before hiring...

It's time for the next part in my word class blog series. This post will be all about conjunctions, what they are and how to use them......

It’s been exactly one year since I started Sophie’s Proof, this seems crazy to me as time has flown by but it also feels like I’ve been...

Capitalisation can be confusing, especially when sometimes it can feel so random. So today I thought I'd write a small guide to...