Zest Communications

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’.

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. 📖 📚

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...

12/06/2019

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/