The Wordsmith’s Guides
Editing Your Own Novel
The Wordsmith’s Guide to Editing Your Own Novel shows you exactly how to tighten your prose, strengthen your characters, and polish your manuscript like a professional editor. If you’re ready to turn “this could be better” into “this
is ready to publish,” this is your step-by-step companion.
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Becoming a Freelance Editor & Proofreader
The Wordsmith’s Guide to Becoming a Freelance Editor & Proofreader shows you how to escape the corporate grind and build a flexible, book-filled career on your own terms. Learn how to set up your business, find and keep great clients,
and grow your income doing work you actually enjoy.
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Creating Compelling Characters
The Wordsmith’s Guide to Creating Compelling Characters helps you turn flat, forgettable figures into vivid people readers care about and remember. Learn how to build rich backstories, believable motivations, and gripping arcs so your
characters leap off the page and keep readers turning the pages.
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Planning the Perfect Plot
The Wordsmith’s Guide to Planning the Perfect Plot gives you practical tools to finally finish your novel, from flexible plotting methods to fixing sagging middles and weak endings. Learn how to craft gripping story arcs, subplots, and pacing so your readers stay hooked from the first page to the last.
A Light Shines in Darkness
A woman of faith. A world ruled by men. One act of defiance that changed history.
Perugia, 1375. Noblewoman Angelina Angioballi has vowed to dedicate her life to God and the poor, defying the fate of so many women bound by loveless political marriages.
But when the ruthless mercenary Biordo Michelotti sets his sights on her fortune, Angelina’s refusal sparks a chain of vengeance that will shatter her world.
As her mission of charity grows and her influence threatens powerful men – even within the Church – Angelina must choose between obedience and her divine calling.
Inspired by the true story of Blessed Angelina of Marsciano, this is a sweeping tale of faith, courage, and a woman who dared to stand against corruption in the heart of the Papal States.
The Lost Souls Series & what’s next…
The Lost Souls Series: Skilfully weaving a contemporary plot around a historical mystery, Elizabeth concentrates on a group of strong female characters and their individual challenges, romantic and otherwise. A dash
of the supernatural brings heightened tensions to the stories, forcing each protagonist to approach their problems in a way that may be unfamiliar, often resulting in a somewhat unexpected conclusion.
Siren Spirit (Lost Souls 1)
Emma McVeigh is emotionally adrift. Broken-hearted after her marriage breakup, she has escaped city life and sought solace in a quintessential English village. Allowing herself time to regroup seems like the best course of action in her life right now.
However, the picture-perfect thatched cottage she moves into hides a secret and is not the sanctuary she was hoping for. Enter her dashing next-door neighbour, Lewis. Charismatic and confident, he seems to be everything Emma wants in a man and she’s very attracted to him.
But after a drunken one-night stand, he turns out to be not all he seems either. Can they each face their inner demons and, in doing so, solve the mystery of another lost soul?
A Friend in Need (Lost Souls 2)
Selena Thornton wants a child, but she is haunted by tragedy and clinical depression. As a result, she won’t let her husband anywhere near, however hard he tries to be close to her. A rift has opened up between them and it threatens their marriage.
Over three hundred years earlier, against a backdrop of religious oppression, another woman laments the loss of her child, missing presumed dead.
A spooky encounter causes a shift in Selena’s thinking and she begins to view the world through different eyes. Who is the little girl in the Quaker house? And why does it seem like the most important thing in the world to
solve her mystery?
The Kingdom of Majorca Trilogy
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