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Welcome to The Showcase Blog.
Here you will find: the latest musings of the showcase team, writing tips, short stories, writer’s personal experiences and more. Because of our love for fresh, new content we update our blog regularly, which means that you can come back time and time again – and always find something new to read.
If you are an indie author and would like to guest blog you’ll be happy to hear that we now have an open guest blog submission policy. For more information email us at openblog@selfpubslishersshowcase.com.
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March 2017’s New Arrivals
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February 2017’s New Arrivals
Angela J. Ford Angela J. Ford was brought up as a bookworm and musician. She began writing The Four Worlds, …
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The End of Year Interviews Series
This year, we are running a series of Interviews with our authors to look back at 2016 and also at …
Blogoff 2: The Entries
Our second Blogoff is Live! Check out the entries, so far, below. Enjoy Post 1: The Animals of the Fantasy …
Blogoff 2: Kindle Direct Publishing – Paperback
Kindle Direct Publishing – Paperback About a week ago, I noticed a new chart on my daily sales report on KDP: …
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Blogoff 2: Researching: Writing what you don’t know
Researching: Writing what you don’t know. I’ve been writing stories since I was a child, when my knowledge of the …
Blogoff 2: The New Book
The new book is forcing me to write in ways I never have before, not just because of the research …
Blogoff 2: Memories of Jake – Thoughts after Veterans’ Day
Two brothers, traumatized as children by seeing their father murder their mother’s parents. Then as young adults, both serve in …
Blogoff 2: Write Like You’re Naked
I don’t like other people seeing me naked unless it’s someone I care about, and we are about to indulge …
Blogoff 2: Where Ideas Come From
I was wondering what I’d say if I were ever on an author panel one day, and someone asked the …
Blogoff 2: The Change
Chapter 10. The Change It was nearly dark. The wolf had been resting in his makeshift den, deep in the …
Blogoff 2: The Animals of the Fantasy Series 5-Ever!
The Animals of 5-Ever! How They Came to be Part of Tam’s Tails & Tam’s Tales 😉 My daughter’s had …
The second great, big Showcase Blogoff
The first #blogoff was a great success. So now it’s time for Blogoff #2! First up though, the prize. We’re …
Why Manuscript Editing is an Investment In Yourself
Why Manuscript Editing is an Investment In Yourself Many writers value what they write because it takes a lot of …
Exclusive: Day 21 – “What is Dead May Never Die.”
The following is an exclusive Short Story taken from Andi James Chamberlain‘s upcoming release: 10 Short of 31. One paw …
Follower Growth Expansion
Due to the huge popularity of our Author Growth packages we have decided to open up further spaces. The package …
A new monthly approach to promotion
Hi, all We’ve made some changes to our membership options, so we thought we’d cover it all here. It used …
And the #Blogoff winner is…
Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter our recent inaugural blogoff. We are pleased to announce that …
Blogoff: My Daughter – My inspiration
Firstly I am a mental health nurse by profession. Writing was something I had never even thought about. Well I …
Blogoff: The fight to be heard
The written word is something that I have loved for as long as I can remember. In my darkest days, …
Blogoff: Who’s Your Daddy? The Paternity Debate in Milk Money
I’ve been writing fan fiction for about three years now and publishing for about two. With ten published works, and …
Blogoff: A cat’s guide to writing
1. So you think you want to write? This is a long and stress inducing process. You have all these …
Blogoff: A crash course in Genealogy
Have you ever caught yourself wondering about your ancestors’ lives? Their day-in day-out everyday lives? Their childhoods, romances, marriages, losses? …
Blogoff: Magazines; Friend or Foe?
This is a topic very close to my heart and so I wanted to post a blog. I am sharing …
Blogoff: The Creative Boom that Birthed Zoo of Emotions
When I was on maternity leave with my second child, I had a creative boom. A big boom. More than …
Blogoff: Why I Wrote A Book About A Topic Nobody Wants To Think About
Over the past several months I have gotten a few unsympathetic comments about my book entitled Breaking The Silence. One …
Blogoff: The ‘Daffy Duck Principle’ of conflict
Being a ‘seat of the pants’ writer, my favourite part of putting stories together is conflict. Because I have no …
The great, big Showcase Blogoff
We’re all about new ideas to help authors get the word out about their work. So, with that in mind, …
This Week at The Showcase
We’ve made a couple of slight adjustments to our memberships and blog this week, so we thought we’d better fill …