Liz Zachary | Non-fiction editor
@brightoneditorial.bsky.social
I provide editorial services to individuals and organisations around the world: www.brightoneditorial.com
Joined the RNLI as a volunteer lifeboat press officer in October 2024.
Likely to post pictures of flowers and seascapes.
Joined the RNLI as a volunteer lifeboat press officer in October 2024.
Likely to post pictures of flowers and seascapes.
Sunset at Devil’s Dyke
March 13, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Sunset at Devil’s Dyke
Cherry tomato seedlings growing nicely. Or possibly Marigold seedlings. (I didn’t label the seed trays 🤦♀️)
March 3, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Cherry tomato seedlings growing nicely. Or possibly Marigold seedlings. (I didn’t label the seed trays 🤦♀️)
First daffodil adding some joy to our shabby garden.
February 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
First daffodil adding some joy to our shabby garden.
My daughter’s topic at school last half term was the Titanic, and the children learnt a sea shanty - Wellerman. She wanted to listen to it at home and then Spotify magicked a playlist for us and now we just sing sea shanties all day long. Can recommend Nathan Evans and Sail North for a modern vibe ⚓️
February 26, 2025 at 11:01 AM
My daughter’s topic at school last half term was the Titanic, and the children learnt a sea shanty - Wellerman. She wanted to listen to it at home and then Spotify magicked a playlist for us and now we just sing sea shanties all day long. Can recommend Nathan Evans and Sail North for a modern vibe ⚓️
This is lovely. We sometimes watch the starlings from an upstairs window as they head on their way to dance around the pier. One day I’ll keep my promise to the kids of heading down to the seafront to see them properly in action.
A Starling murmuration, thousands of birds moving as one.
A moment of wonder, a feeling of connection.
What does it make you feel?
#ThoughtfulThursday 💌
A moment of wonder, a feeling of connection.
What does it make you feel?
#ThoughtfulThursday 💌
February 13, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is lovely. We sometimes watch the starlings from an upstairs window as they head on their way to dance around the pier. One day I’ll keep my promise to the kids of heading down to the seafront to see them properly in action.
The promise of spring. We planted over 100 daffodil bulbs last year and watching them slowly emerge has helped us cope with the seemingly never ending winter.
February 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The promise of spring. We planted over 100 daffodil bulbs last year and watching them slowly emerge has helped us cope with the seemingly never ending winter.
I’ve done it. Listened to every episode of the RNLI 200 Voices podcast. (There are 200!) What would have been sensible is for me to have noted down my favourite ones to share with others…but I didn’t! I will say though that episode 9 is particularly moving.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
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RNLI 200 Voices
History Podcast · 201 Episodes · Updated daily
podcasts.apple.com
February 4, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I’ve done it. Listened to every episode of the RNLI 200 Voices podcast. (There are 200!) What would have been sensible is for me to have noted down my favourite ones to share with others…but I didn’t! I will say though that episode 9 is particularly moving.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r...
First holiday of 2025 booked! North Wales - we’ll be doing our best to pronounce all of your place names at the end of May. I know it’s foolish to wish for good weather, but a little bit of ☀️ would be so nice.
February 3, 2025 at 8:35 PM
First holiday of 2025 booked! North Wales - we’ll be doing our best to pronounce all of your place names at the end of May. I know it’s foolish to wish for good weather, but a little bit of ☀️ would be so nice.
Stretching the old peepers before sitting down at my computer for several hours. The sun seems to have arms and legs today ☀️
January 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Stretching the old peepers before sitting down at my computer for several hours. The sun seems to have arms and legs today ☀️
Sunrise through condensation this morning. Quite pretty really (but also a total nightmare).
January 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Sunrise through condensation this morning. Quite pretty really (but also a total nightmare).
Halfway through January, and halfway through my ‘No Takeaway Coffee for a Month’ challenge.
Although I am sorry for the loss in profits the coffee shops of Portslade and beyond are experiencing, if I had the willpower to keep going for the rest of the year I’d save enough money for a holiday! 🏖️
Although I am sorry for the loss in profits the coffee shops of Portslade and beyond are experiencing, if I had the willpower to keep going for the rest of the year I’d save enough money for a holiday! 🏖️
January 15, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Halfway through January, and halfway through my ‘No Takeaway Coffee for a Month’ challenge.
Although I am sorry for the loss in profits the coffee shops of Portslade and beyond are experiencing, if I had the willpower to keep going for the rest of the year I’d save enough money for a holiday! 🏖️
Although I am sorry for the loss in profits the coffee shops of Portslade and beyond are experiencing, if I had the willpower to keep going for the rest of the year I’d save enough money for a holiday! 🏖️
January 12, 2025 at 3:59 PM
This is such a lovely account. I would actually be happy if my entire feed were just sea and skyscapes from around the world. (Off to figure out how to make that happen.)
January 8, 2025 at 11:21 AM
This is such a lovely account. I would actually be happy if my entire feed were just sea and skyscapes from around the world. (Off to figure out how to make that happen.)
The happiness of a vase of Lego flowers put together over three or four evenings in front of the telly. And because the kids were in bed I got to do it all myself The packet rustling annoyed my partner, it’s true, but look at these beauties.
January 5, 2025 at 9:18 PM
The happiness of a vase of Lego flowers put together over three or four evenings in front of the telly. And because the kids were in bed I got to do it all myself The packet rustling annoyed my partner, it’s true, but look at these beauties.
Wallace & Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl is just so great. Think it may actually be the best one yet. And we’ve watched them all over Christmas so is easy to compare!
December 27, 2024 at 2:09 PM
Wallace & Gromit Vengeance Most Fowl is just so great. Think it may actually be the best one yet. And we’ve watched them all over Christmas so is easy to compare!
We have now finished the Lego building stage of Christmas Day and it’s time for (more) telly. I may have reached my chocolate limit…but probably not. Merry Christmas! 🎄
December 25, 2024 at 3:56 PM
We have now finished the Lego building stage of Christmas Day and it’s time for (more) telly. I may have reached my chocolate limit…but probably not. Merry Christmas! 🎄
Apparently me being the best mum in the world is absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I’ve just given in to demands for a ‘Kevin’ the caterpillar.
December 22, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Apparently me being the best mum in the world is absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I’ve just given in to demands for a ‘Kevin’ the caterpillar.
There is absolutely NO NEED to separate colouring books for kids into boy and girl categories. For girls: unicorns, mermaids and fairies. For boys: rockets, cars and dinosaurs. ARGH! I’m really (rationally) annoyed about this and now don’t want to buy any. The kids can have plain paper for Christmas
December 17, 2024 at 2:03 PM
There is absolutely NO NEED to separate colouring books for kids into boy and girl categories. For girls: unicorns, mermaids and fairies. For boys: rockets, cars and dinosaurs. ARGH! I’m really (rationally) annoyed about this and now don’t want to buy any. The kids can have plain paper for Christmas
“There wasn’t much to do when she couldn’t be bothered, but once she started to care, the work was never-ending.”
I’m reading the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum and this made me smile. It reminded me of my neglected website that may never actually be published because I can’t stop tweaking.
I’m reading the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum and this made me smile. It reminded me of my neglected website that may never actually be published because I can’t stop tweaking.
December 17, 2024 at 7:30 AM
“There wasn’t much to do when she couldn’t be bothered, but once she started to care, the work was never-ending.”
I’m reading the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum and this made me smile. It reminded me of my neglected website that may never actually be published because I can’t stop tweaking.
I’m reading the Hyunam-Dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum and this made me smile. It reminded me of my neglected website that may never actually be published because I can’t stop tweaking.
The first episode of C4’s Swiped is heartbreaking and terrifying. Being a teenager in the 90s was an absolute doddle compared with today. #smartphonefreechildhood
December 12, 2024 at 1:44 PM
The first episode of C4’s Swiped is heartbreaking and terrifying. Being a teenager in the 90s was an absolute doddle compared with today. #smartphonefreechildhood
It must be nearly Christmas as my mid-morning snack of banana and nuts has been replaced by lebkuchen. Many many delicious lebkuchen.
December 11, 2024 at 10:04 AM
It must be nearly Christmas as my mid-morning snack of banana and nuts has been replaced by lebkuchen. Many many delicious lebkuchen.
Slightly spoils the cinema experience to arrive at a row that looks like this.
December 8, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Slightly spoils the cinema experience to arrive at a row that looks like this.
It’s a stormy Saturday night in December. Time to put on a podcast and break out the Christmas Jig 🎄🕺
December 7, 2024 at 8:53 PM
It’s a stormy Saturday night in December. Time to put on a podcast and break out the Christmas Jig 🎄🕺
It’s a webinar-y kind of Wednesday for me today. Just finished the CIEP’s excellent Non-Fiction Developmental Editing course and tonight I’ll be logging on for my first RNLI press officer training. My brain is happily fizzing away.
November 27, 2024 at 11:58 AM
It’s a webinar-y kind of Wednesday for me today. Just finished the CIEP’s excellent Non-Fiction Developmental Editing course and tonight I’ll be logging on for my first RNLI press officer training. My brain is happily fizzing away.
I’m currently spending my evenings redesigning my creaky old website. It’s lots of fun, but I’m encountering two major problems: 1) I want to use ALL the elements and ALL the graphics and ALL the colours; and 2) the brain stimulation is apparently the equivalent of 15 coffees as my sleep is wrecked.
November 20, 2024 at 8:55 PM
I’m currently spending my evenings redesigning my creaky old website. It’s lots of fun, but I’m encountering two major problems: 1) I want to use ALL the elements and ALL the graphics and ALL the colours; and 2) the brain stimulation is apparently the equivalent of 15 coffees as my sleep is wrecked.