Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast, today we’re diving into copy, line and proof reading edits. These are the backbone of the story to ensure that it is as polished as you can get it and happen both in tandum and separate with a manuscript.  These are probably the hardest part of the editing for me – it’s intense and I’m so lucky to have worked with some wonderful editors who made it easier to digest, and dare I say, fun? Do you think that these are important? And if not why?  Also I find that making sure that you’re proof reading is done by someone with some fresh…

Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and to the next episode of editing. We’re looking at Developmental edits.  In this episode we cover what exactly is developments edits and what they entail. We are covering what an editor will be looking for and they are: As the main issues. But they look at the story on a whole as well.  This part of the story isn’t as pivotal as you think but it will make your life a little easier if you can get it right the first time.  Thanks to Brittany Bitossi at BLD Editing for fact checking and helping ensure that the messaging and information about developmental…

Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary Podcast and whew we are jumping back into our normal program but this may be one of the last topics we tackle together – because we’re about to change it up in here. I’m hoping that this will be able to help me figure out how to get what i need out.  The Writing Apothecary is about to change, ever so slightly, but we have an episode on that coming up soon. I’m so excited to see where we can.  But for today, we’re tackling our introduction to editing – many will already know a little bit about it but we go into the…

Welcome back to another episode of The Writing Apothecary Podcast and to our Writing Process section and to our guest Ash Oldfield. A literal angel in the flesh, I loved chatting ot her about her process and how she hand writes all her first drafts!! (How crazy is that?) Take a listen and get your bum glue ready because it’s such a fun listen. Bio: Ash Oldfield is a fantasy fiction and children’s writer from Melbourne, Australia. She is the author of The Rachaya Series, The Davies Witches Saga, The Ethereal Bridge Novellas, and has several short works of fiction in various publications. When she is not working on her latest…

Welcome back to The Writing Apothecary Podcast and to another Writing Process podcast and today it’s with the gorgeous Demi Clorissa – another one of the author girlies I met at Supanova and is such a sweetheart. I loved this chat with her and it was recorded just as she finished the draft of her novel, which i think was so exciting!! Tell me what you think about our chat and what you took away from it. Demi’s Bio: Demi Clorissa is a romantic fantasy author. With her first series debuting in 2023 with the DAUGHTER OF THE WOOD trilogy. She crafts heart wrenching adult romantic fantasy, with body diverse…

Welcome back to our latest interview of The Writing Apothecary and back to another Writing Process interview. Today’s episode is with Lex Logan – another amazing person who I met at Supanova in 2023 and have remained friends with. She is such a joy to be around and I loved our chat – hers being one of the only who is a planner, shocking right? Tell me what you think about her episode. Author Bio: Lex Logan is a queer and neuro-spicy author living in Queensland, Australia with her husband and two children. While she’s currently working on a sweet and spicy monster romance series of interconnected standalones; she also…

Welcome back to the Writing Apothecary Podcast and to today’s writing process is one of my favourite’s with E.P. Bali. I met her at Supanova and we bonded of BDB and fantasy. This was such a great chat, what do you think of it? Have you read her books? What did you think of them? About E.P Bali: Ektaa E.P. Bali was born in Fiji and spent most of her life in Melbourne, Australia. She now lives in Brisbane, Queensland. She is a dreamer of the fantastical and faraway places and loves to write complex, morally grey characters and stories wrought with spice, darkness, humour and romance. Her favourite tropes…