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Heather Millar (Zest Communications) is a writer, ghostwriter and editor specialising in memoir, biography, life stories and general non-fiction.
She is also a content writer and accredited editor. With over 20 years' experience in publishing and communications, Heather Millar, owner of Zest Communications can help you with:
General writing * General editing and proofreading * Ghostwriting memoir/biography * Editing general non-fiction * Editorial project management * Magazines * Newsletters * Annual reports * Websites * Other communications tools
Heather worked in customer publishing in both the UK and Australia for 10 years, and has worked as a freelance writer and editor for another 10. She has also worked in government and non-profit organisations. She has edited magazines for all sorts of clients from the Australian Medical Association (SA) to the Spice Girls (in her dim dark past). She also loves a good biography, and revels in helping a client tell their life story (through interviewing & ghostwriting), or to simply polish their own words via the editing process. She can also give manuscript assessments, and help with structural editing.
19/08/2020
People think we just pick up spelling mistakes, BUT ... an editor is responsible for making a piece of writing ‘more like a Stradivarius and less like a microchip’.
‘It’s not just proofreading’: An interview with Karen Lee, CEO of the Institute of Professional Editors - Margaret River Press Author, editor and journalist Gary Kamiya intriguingly suggested that the primary responsibility of an editor is not to the writer but to the reader. He said an editor is responsible for making a piece of writing ‘more like a Stradivarius and less like a microchip’. Karen Lee, CEO of the Institu...
31/07/2020
I recommend this book by Rob Donnelly. Anyone who had a Catholic school education will find it interesting. Rob went onto join the priesthood for a time, until he decided it wasn’t for him. For a range of reasons you can but imagine. Ok, and I edited it. And only realised we went to the same primary school when I read his description of his bus trip to school, and realised it was MY bus trip to school. An excellent read. 📖 📚
Out of Order Rob Donnelly entered a catholic contemplative monastery in 1990. His search for truth spanned a decade when the darker realities of the institutional church were beginning to come to light. This memoir is a coming of age story set in extraordinary circumstances. It's a personal account of the journe...
I help people tell their stories. I offer a content writing and editing service, specialising in ghostwriting and editing, in particular memoir, biography and life stories. I can also help with brand stories for businesses - websites, blogs etc. For more information, go to https://zestcommunications.com.au/
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