Just the simple notion of having the document you're editing open on one screen all the time, and the browsers and whatnot that you're checking things for reference on the other, so you don't have to keep jumping between windows, is amazing. You'll wonder why you didn't do it sooner.

I would definitely recommend her based on this novel so far. I will certainly be seeking out her other works after this.

Honestly, do it – it's an absolute game-changer!

'There Are Rivers in the Sky' by Elif Shafak. Utterly engrossing so far, but I fear tragedy is lurking nearby...

💙📚 #booksky #AmReading

I felt their first series (on the swimming coach George Gibney) was perhaps a little more impactful, but Stakeknife was also excellent

As indeed it tends to do! I *think* we may have some of the tall single stalk stuff at the front of your picture, which is currently spreading rapidly and attempting to choke the life out of everything else in the pond, so that might need keeping an eye on

When I'm editing books of around 100K words, it's not uncommon for my CommentCollectTabulated-generated query sheet to come out around the same number of pages as the book itself!

What have you got growing in there? I'm forever tinkering with our (supposedly) wild pond!

That's fair. I mostly work on non-fic books, and often with authors who are not English -language. I think it's the former ESOL teacher in me that always wants to deliver these micro language lessons!

Exciting! Hope some of these might find their way to me for copy-editing...!

Spotted one of these in Sherwood forest yesterday!

Just finished Britain at Bay in the autumn, so I absolutely cannot wait for this!