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Her sharp-eyed attention to detail revealed numerous literals and errors that had escaped us. Deborah’s prompt work and clear comments made the editing process easy for us.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/man-made.jpgman-made Man. Made. by Ian Austin My books are weighted towards detailed Police procedures. Deborah’s academic editing background is well suited to my requirements. Her work comes towards the end of my writing process when printers and publishers require deadlines. Deborah is always timely. It’s a pleasurable aspect of my writing working with her because it’s always a time of improvement with no stress. Deborah’s proofreading is a valuable tool in my writing arsenal. Every book we’ve worked on, she’s provided great manuscript improvement advice. Her ideas are clever and in keeping with my style. I have used her amendments in the final texts multiple timeshttps://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/via-legio.jpgvia-legio Via Legio series by Charles Edward Williams As an emergent author of historical fiction, I’ve welcomed the professional and guiding hand of Deborah Shaw, whose exacting oversight and gift for shaping and sculpting a rough draft storyline has inevitably led to highly burnished and polished outcomes. I’ve no doubt that her expertise and assistance elevates an author’s manuscript to the highest professional standards. Thoroughly recommended.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/octd.jpgoctd Out Come the Dogs by Stu Tripney If there’s one other person who’s so involved with my books, it’s Deborah, my editor and so much more. Every time I give her a new manuscript I feel sorry for her. I say, ‘Get out your flamethrower, angle grinder and chainsaw and get to work.’ And she does, in such a remarkable way. Without blinking! I’m not sure how she does it. But Deborah does, and very very well.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/dunedin-walks.jpgDunedin Walks2025-10-20T19:41:22+00:00weekly0.6https://deborahshaw.co.nz/2025/10/15/what-book-editing-looks-like-behind-the-scenes/https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-4.pngThis had me laughing! It’s such an Aussie way of speaking and works really well.This had me laughing! It’s such an Aussie way of speaking and works really well.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-4-1.pngLove the scene you build here. I can picture the house and chaos and smells and the radio in the backgroundLove the scene you build here. I can picture the house and chaos and smells and the radio in the backgroundhttps://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/image-1.pngChecking the number. Here we have fifty, but in the previous paragraph there are thirty (“There were about thirty people…”). 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me.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_5458-1.jpgimg_5458-1https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/img_5458.jpgimg_54582025-09-25T22:27:06+00:00weekly0.6https://deborahshaw.co.nz/2025/09/24/lets-grab-coffee/2025-09-23T19:36:15+00:00monthlyhttps://deborahshaw.co.nz/2025/06/04/see-you-in-wanaka/2025-09-15T01:04:24+00:00monthlyhttps://deborahshaw.co.nz/thesis-editing/https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/img_20250126_103935248_ae.jpgIMG_20250126_103935248_AECMOS 18 and APA 7th.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/pexels-photo-12064.jpegphotography of library roomPhoto by Tamu00e1s Mu00e9szu00e1ros on <a href="https://www.pexels.com/photo/photography-of-library-room-12064/" rel="nofollow">Pexels.com</a>2025-09-14T22:02:30+00:00weekly0.6https://deborahshaw.co.nz/newsletter/https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/write-the-adventure.pngWrite the 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small mountain climbed! We are at about half the height of Mt Cook.A small mountain climbed! We are at about half the height of Mt Cook.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_5086.jpgStill smiling, somehow. Must have been before my second breakdown.Still smiling, somehow. Must have been before my second breakdown.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_5768.jpgimg_5768Well, don't I look shagged out. We had covered 7.5 km by this stage, and there was a lot of up and down. We stopped for a break at the ABC Cave.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_6683.jpgimg_6683https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_66981.jpgDay two! wear all the rain gear.Day two! wear all the rain gear.https://deborahshaw.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/img_5290.jpgMade it to Sealy Tarns! Mt Cook in the background.Made it to Sealy Tarns! 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