With each passing second, it seems the web swells with advice for emerging writers on how to hone their craft, but what about for editors such as myself, those coming off their L Plates? Amid the din of social media and blogs, where are all the ‘show, don’t tell’ dictums and ‘how-to’ columns for my chosen discipline? The central challenge for me as an editor is how best to inhabit someone else’s story, to enact minor and major changes while keeping my voice from creeping through, ensuring my handiwork remains hidden.

Contents Emily Laidlaw − Editorial Fiction Kristin Hannaford The direction of sunlight Melissa Howard Other people’s daughters Kelli Lonergan If friends were lovers too Samuel Rutter The sort of things he might say about me