H Noss
@hnoss.bsky.social
fiction proofreader, inclusivity & neurodiversity advocate, queer & non-binary. they/them.
https://hnossproofreads.co.uk
https://hnossproofreads.co.uk
Welcome back to The Writing Mirror! Today's journalling prompt is:
"What have you accomplished as a writer that your past self would be proud of?"
Comment below or journal away in private!
#WritingCommunity #Journalling
"What have you accomplished as a writer that your past self would be proud of?"
Comment below or journal away in private!
#WritingCommunity #Journalling
December 15, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Welcome back to The Writing Mirror! Today's journalling prompt is:
"What have you accomplished as a writer that your past self would be proud of?"
Comment below or journal away in private!
#WritingCommunity #Journalling
"What have you accomplished as a writer that your past self would be proud of?"
Comment below or journal away in private!
#WritingCommunity #Journalling
Sending positive vibes and well wishes to all of the writers, readers, editorial professionals, book designers, cover artists, and publishing professionals with disabilities today.
December 3, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Sending positive vibes and well wishes to all of the writers, readers, editorial professionals, book designers, cover artists, and publishing professionals with disabilities today.
To dismiss trans people as criminals is hate.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
November 21, 2025 at 3:18 PM
To dismiss trans people as criminals is hate.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
To dismiss non-binary people as non-existent is erasure.
To dismiss intersex people as still being either male or female is hate and erasure.
Do better. We aren't trying to hurt you by existing. We want to live in peace with you, not instead of you.
I spent the week answering questions for Trans Awareness Week on LinkedIn, so here's highlights from 6 questions asked by cis people about my experience as a non-binary person.
I tackle bathrooms, labels, trans rights, formative moments, gender identity, and book recommendations.
#LGBTQIA
I tackle bathrooms, labels, trans rights, formative moments, gender identity, and book recommendations.
#LGBTQIA
November 19, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I spent the week answering questions for Trans Awareness Week on LinkedIn, so here's highlights from 6 questions asked by cis people about my experience as a non-binary person.
I tackle bathrooms, labels, trans rights, formative moments, gender identity, and book recommendations.
#LGBTQIA
I tackle bathrooms, labels, trans rights, formative moments, gender identity, and book recommendations.
#LGBTQIA
Drop your book recs featuring trans and non-binary protagonists below for Trans Awareness Week! 🔖
I'll start: Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos.
#TransAwarenessWeek #BookRecs
I'll start: Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos.
#TransAwarenessWeek #BookRecs
November 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Drop your book recs featuring trans and non-binary protagonists below for Trans Awareness Week! 🔖
I'll start: Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos.
#TransAwarenessWeek #BookRecs
I'll start: Homegrown Magic by Jamie Pacton & Rebecca Podos.
#TransAwarenessWeek #BookRecs
You don’t have to compare yourself to other writers. Everyone is doing their best.
#WritingMotivation #WritingCommunity
#WritingMotivation #WritingCommunity
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
You don’t have to compare yourself to other writers. Everyone is doing their best.
#WritingMotivation #WritingCommunity
#WritingMotivation #WritingCommunity
It's okay if you break the rules you were taught at school; write how you like.
#WritingMotivation #Affirmations
#WritingMotivation #Affirmations
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
It's okay if you break the rules you were taught at school; write how you like.
#WritingMotivation #Affirmations
#WritingMotivation #Affirmations
Happy Trans Awareness Month to all of the trans and non-binary writers, readers, editorial professionals, and other bookish people! I hope your month is filled with the energy you want: pride, awareness, visibility, understanding, acceptance, optimism, peace, courage, creativity, and inspiration.
November 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy Trans Awareness Month to all of the trans and non-binary writers, readers, editorial professionals, and other bookish people! I hope your month is filled with the energy you want: pride, awareness, visibility, understanding, acceptance, optimism, peace, courage, creativity, and inspiration.
It's officially LOVEmber, my 30-day romance writing challenge. Lovember is a self-paced challenge, with 30 one-word prompts, 7 character prompts, and 5 storyline prompts.
Give the prompts a try and share your favourite below! hnossproofreads.co.uk/lovember2025...
#WritingPrompts #AmWritingRomance
Give the prompts a try and share your favourite below! hnossproofreads.co.uk/lovember2025...
#WritingPrompts #AmWritingRomance
#Lovember2025 romance writing challenge | H Noss Proofreads
Find out about #Lovember2025, the 30-day romance writing challenge. As a self-paced writing challenge, you can take part however you like!
hnossproofreads.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It's officially LOVEmber, my 30-day romance writing challenge. Lovember is a self-paced challenge, with 30 one-word prompts, 7 character prompts, and 5 storyline prompts.
Give the prompts a try and share your favourite below! hnossproofreads.co.uk/lovember2025...
#WritingPrompts #AmWritingRomance
Give the prompts a try and share your favourite below! hnossproofreads.co.uk/lovember2025...
#WritingPrompts #AmWritingRomance
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
I thought I was just taking a brief creative break to work on some social media posts. It turned into 2 hours of marketing and video editing instead, oops.
October 21, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I thought I was just taking a brief creative break to work on some social media posts. It turned into 2 hours of marketing and video editing instead, oops.
Be kind to your writing. You'd be kind to someone else's writing, so why not yours?
#WritingInspiration #WritingMotivation
#WritingInspiration #WritingMotivation
October 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Be kind to your writing. You'd be kind to someone else's writing, so why not yours?
#WritingInspiration #WritingMotivation
#WritingInspiration #WritingMotivation
Highlights of the Romance Writing Festival today:
* getting to hold two (blunt) swords modelled on Viking swords
* listening to some amazing advice about how to research effectively to bring authenticity to a story
* hearing about a commissioning editor's actual approach to submissions
* getting to hold two (blunt) swords modelled on Viking swords
* listening to some amazing advice about how to research effectively to bring authenticity to a story
* hearing about a commissioning editor's actual approach to submissions
October 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Highlights of the Romance Writing Festival today:
* getting to hold two (blunt) swords modelled on Viking swords
* listening to some amazing advice about how to research effectively to bring authenticity to a story
* hearing about a commissioning editor's actual approach to submissions
* getting to hold two (blunt) swords modelled on Viking swords
* listening to some amazing advice about how to research effectively to bring authenticity to a story
* hearing about a commissioning editor's actual approach to submissions
Current project is another spend-hours-investigating-word-divisions-in-the-New-Oxford-Spelling-Dictionary kind of project. I am so relieved that past-me went through with sticky index tabs to mark each letter of the alphabet, it saves so much time searching for the right page!
October 17, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Current project is another spend-hours-investigating-word-divisions-in-the-New-Oxford-Spelling-Dictionary kind of project. I am so relieved that past-me went through with sticky index tabs to mark each letter of the alphabet, it saves so much time searching for the right page!
Out of Office
Due to illness, I’m away from my computer for the next week! I’ll catch up with emails, LinkedIn messages, and everything else once I’ve recovered.
Han
Due to illness, I’m away from my computer for the next week! I’ll catch up with emails, LinkedIn messages, and everything else once I’ve recovered.
Han
October 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Out of Office
Due to illness, I’m away from my computer for the next week! I’ll catch up with emails, LinkedIn messages, and everything else once I’ve recovered.
Han
Due to illness, I’m away from my computer for the next week! I’ll catch up with emails, LinkedIn messages, and everything else once I’ve recovered.
Han
Hilarious spam in my enquiry form:
"Hello and Good Day Docs! ... I noticed that your website www.docs.google.com is not ranking well on Google and other search engines, which could be affecting your visibility to potential customers."
"Hello and Good Day Docs! ... I noticed that your website www.docs.google.com is not ranking well on Google and other search engines, which could be affecting your visibility to potential customers."
September 29, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hilarious spam in my enquiry form:
"Hello and Good Day Docs! ... I noticed that your website www.docs.google.com is not ranking well on Google and other search engines, which could be affecting your visibility to potential customers."
"Hello and Good Day Docs! ... I noticed that your website www.docs.google.com is not ranking well on Google and other search engines, which could be affecting your visibility to potential customers."
Another proofread finished up! Having updated my spreadsheet of projects, here are my favourite stats about my year so far:
* I've passed 1 million words proofread! I'm at 1,094,608 words since my first project of the year in February.
* I've spent 200 hours proofreading in 2025 for 11 projects.
* I've passed 1 million words proofread! I'm at 1,094,608 words since my first project of the year in February.
* I've spent 200 hours proofreading in 2025 for 11 projects.
September 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Another proofread finished up! Having updated my spreadsheet of projects, here are my favourite stats about my year so far:
* I've passed 1 million words proofread! I'm at 1,094,608 words since my first project of the year in February.
* I've spent 200 hours proofreading in 2025 for 11 projects.
* I've passed 1 million words proofread! I'm at 1,094,608 words since my first project of the year in February.
* I've spent 200 hours proofreading in 2025 for 11 projects.
September 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
How do you get a literary agent in the UK?
Here's 3 quick tips:
* create a longlist of literary agents you'd like to work with
* look for and follow all submission guidelines
* perfect your cover letter as much as possible
Find more tips here: hnossproofreads.co.uk/how-to-get-a...
#querying
Here's 3 quick tips:
* create a longlist of literary agents you'd like to work with
* look for and follow all submission guidelines
* perfect your cover letter as much as possible
Find more tips here: hnossproofreads.co.uk/how-to-get-a...
#querying
How to get a literary agent in the UK | H Noss Proofreads
Learn how to get a literary agent in the UK, with tips on how to submit, how to cope with rejections, and how to get feedback on your query.
hnossproofreads.co.uk
September 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
How do you get a literary agent in the UK?
Here's 3 quick tips:
* create a longlist of literary agents you'd like to work with
* look for and follow all submission guidelines
* perfect your cover letter as much as possible
Find more tips here: hnossproofreads.co.uk/how-to-get-a...
#querying
Here's 3 quick tips:
* create a longlist of literary agents you'd like to work with
* look for and follow all submission guidelines
* perfect your cover letter as much as possible
Find more tips here: hnossproofreads.co.uk/how-to-get-a...
#querying
Day one of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading conference, and we open with a talk with Susie Dent, the honorary vice-president of the CIEP.
I'm attending online and will be networking online with other editorial professionals later today too!
I'm attending online and will be networking online with other editorial professionals later today too!
September 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Day one of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading conference, and we open with a talk with Susie Dent, the honorary vice-president of the CIEP.
I'm attending online and will be networking online with other editorial professionals later today too!
I'm attending online and will be networking online with other editorial professionals later today too!
It’s okay to not feel like writing today. Tomorrow is another day.
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers
September 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
It’s okay to not feel like writing today. Tomorrow is another day.
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers
#Writing #WritingCommunity #Writers
I'm looking for romance writers based in the UK who'd like to share tips with aspiring romance writers in a round-up style blog post!
Do you write romantic fiction with the intention of publishing novels (unpublished, traditionally published, or self-published)?
Comment below ⬇️ or tag an author!
Do you write romantic fiction with the intention of publishing novels (unpublished, traditionally published, or self-published)?
Comment below ⬇️ or tag an author!
September 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I'm looking for romance writers based in the UK who'd like to share tips with aspiring romance writers in a round-up style blog post!
Do you write romantic fiction with the intention of publishing novels (unpublished, traditionally published, or self-published)?
Comment below ⬇️ or tag an author!
Do you write romantic fiction with the intention of publishing novels (unpublished, traditionally published, or self-published)?
Comment below ⬇️ or tag an author!
5 underrated things you can do to support your mental health as a writer:
1. Find affirmations that work against your insecurities and imposter syndrome.
2. Have a solid or flexible writing routine.
3. Start a self-care journal or self-care kit.
1. Find affirmations that work against your insecurities and imposter syndrome.
2. Have a solid or flexible writing routine.
3. Start a self-care journal or self-care kit.
September 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
5 underrated things you can do to support your mental health as a writer:
1. Find affirmations that work against your insecurities and imposter syndrome.
2. Have a solid or flexible writing routine.
3. Start a self-care journal or self-care kit.
1. Find affirmations that work against your insecurities and imposter syndrome.
2. Have a solid or flexible writing routine.
3. Start a self-care journal or self-care kit.
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My co-author is always talking about Hemingway and Steinbeck. But they never wrote comedy to my knowledge! We all have something to give.
September 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM
My co-author is always talking about Hemingway and Steinbeck. But they never wrote comedy to my knowledge! We all have something to give.
September 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM