My friend Liz Broomfield is a fellow freelancer whom I met back in the day when we were both working at the Main Library, University of Birmingham. It was Bookcrossing (http://www.bookcrossing.com/) which initially made our introductions for us - I had seen many releases around Birmingham from someone called Lyzzybee. One day, such a release appeared in the library staff kitchen! I was very excited and contacted Liz through Bookcrossing.com, noting my enthusiasm to meet a Bookcrossing celeb such as herself. We met up and I was pleased to make a new, good friend that day. Before I left the library in 2006, I was able to go on at least two releasing sprees around the Edgbaston campus with Liz (bookish fun indeed!) and I went along to a couple of Bookcrossing meet-ups in Brum city centre which Liz seemed to be co-ordinating.
I believe that Liz is still working part-time at the library, but her own business, Libroediting, is going from strength to strength. As well as offering a comprehensive editing-proofreading-writing service, Liz writes an interesting and thoughtful business blog - http://libroediting.com/blog/ which she also shares on her Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LibroEditing
I am often intrigued by the 'troublesome pairs' of words, the appropriate usage of which Liz explains on her blog, e.g. 'bought or brought?': http://libroediting.com/2011/09/09/bought-or-brought/
She also provides a wonderfully generous publicity service for fellow freelancers through her Saturday Freelancer Chat. I completed an interview for this page a little while ago which appeared on the blog last Saturday: http://libroediting.com/2011/06/11/freelancer-chat/
I was pleased and proud to read my interview (and to note how far I have come in the short time since then!) and extremely grateful to Liz for promoting Zoe Austin Music in this way. I am also continually grateful to this kind lady, who has offered me lots of helpful support and advice about setting up my own business, including talking me through my first tax return!
Here's to Liz and a continued prosperous future for her and for Libro Editing!
