Winskill Editorial

WORKSHOPS

  • Kingston University, London. 2010. Annual Kingston Publishing Conference: Self-Publishing: Last resort or heralding a new era of author participation?

Seminar given on: ‘How do you know if it’s any good? Remaining objective about your work; recruiting objective feedback, working with editors. Why this essential not optional’.

  • Chamber of Commerce, Edinburgh. 2009. Workshop given at the request of Publishing Scotland on: ‘The realities of freelancing’.
  • Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators (Scotland) (SCBWI). 2009. Summer retreat: Spring into Summer Inspired. Workshop given on: ‘What does an editor do?’
  • Erskine Writers’ Group. 2008. Informal workshop on general publishing and editing matters.

PUBLICATIONS

  • Chapter 9. ‘How do you know if it's any good?’ with Gale Winskill. In: The Naked Author: A Guide to Self-publishing, Alison Baverstock (Bloomsbury, 2011), pp. 115–129.
  • ‘Self-Publishing: any good?’ Editing Matters: The magazine for editors and proofreaders (Society for Editors and Proofreaders, November 2010), p. 4.
  • ‘You've written a children's book. Now what?’ Thistleblower: The Newsletter for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Scotland. (March 2009), p. 12.
Written under my maiden name, F.G Taylor:
  • Active Composition, F.G Taylor, M. Reive & H.D. Taylor (Youth Bookroom, Hong Kong, 1995)
  • Get it Right: Integrated Listening, Reading and Writing Exercises, Book One, F.G. Taylor (Youth Bookroom, Hong Kong, 1994)
  • Get it Right: Integrated Listening, Reading and Writing Exercises, Book Two, F.G. Taylor (Youth Bookroom, Hong Kong, 1994)