No Lady - No Lamp

Gosh and a-golly. These congrats notices are just pouring in at the moment.

Jane Yeadon's wonderful memoir, No Lady - No Lamp, is to be published by an independent Scottish publisher, Black and White, this September. B&W is a well-established house with strong local connections and an excellent list. I think (and hope) they'll do a terrific job for Jane.

It's also so nice to hear from Jane that we were able to help. She wrote (to her principal editor, Diana Stainforth): I couldn't have done it without you, Diana. I held onto your words of encouragement and advice like talismen and of course Harry's input was fantastic too. Made me feel so supported. Of course, I don't need to tell you about the solitariness of writing but you both made great companions along the way.

It's really rewarding to hear things like this. Very often, with our more talented clients, we feel that all we're doing is giving them a little nudge in a direction that they'd probably have been heading anyway. And perhaps that's true. But writing is a solitary old game, and those little nudges - at the right time, and delivered in the right manner - can be live-savers. I know that well enough from my own experience.

So big fat congrats to Jane. And take a bow, Diana, for your help along the way. Best of luck with the publication process!