Guest Post: Lockdown or On Location – What’s your ideal Writer’s Retreat? by Matthew Lightfoot
What’s your perfect environment for writing? Do you prefer to lock yourself away in a silent room, away from any …
Has Blogging Killed the Travel Book Stars? by Matthew Lightfoot
A late 70’s pop hit bemoans the fact that ‘Video Killed the Radio star’, and I’m currently left wondering whether …
FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN FOR MY NEW SERIES – Clive Carpenter
I’m a huge fan of PULP FICTION. And I don’t mean the Tarantino movie that robbed the world of the phrase “pulp …
KDP Print Just Got A Whole Lot More Attractive by Nicholas Rossis
I’m sure most of you have heard the news by now, but if you haven’t, Amazon has announced some major …
Tim Marquitz’s Editorial/Writing Guide: Episode 2: Consistency
Something I see regularly in edits is a lack of consistency in the work on several levels. I mean, I …
FIVE STANDARDS OF GOOD PRACTISE FOR BOOK REVIEWS by Malini Chaudhri
With all matters arriving at a digital meeting point in 2017, the issue of book reviews remains with details to …
Tim Marquitz’s Editorial/Writing Guide: Episode 1: Telling and Visualization
This is the first essay in what is intended to be a series of short editorial/writing guides to help authors …
Guest Post: What is Outsourcing? by G R Wilson
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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 …
Five Prominent Ways a Busy Author Can Market Themselves Online
Over the last decade the internet has changed the lives of writers dramatically. It has tested the publishing industry to …
Guest Post: Give Me Some Space: The Importance of Declaring Your Workspace
A word from Sara Cleveland: One of the things I have struggled in my journey as a writer is my …
Open Blog Weekend: 15 Great and Easy Ways to Promote Your Book Online
There is one question in the publishing universe that has, and always will linger on author’s minds; how to promote and …
Open Blog Weekend: Writing a Travel Blog
Thanks to cheaper airfare and accommodation, more and more people are able to travel these days. This means that many …
Open Blog Weekend: Book Publishing Process – In The Meantime
So your manuscript is at the publisher being transformed into your book. There’s nothing for you to do right? Wrong! …
Open Blog Weekend: Five Reasons to Not KDP Select
There is so much controversy over the Kindle Direct Publishing Select program; some authors think that it’s that best thing …
Open Blog Weekend: Five Top Tips for Highly Creative Covers
You’ve written your book, edited it to perfection and are now ready to self-publish. YAY! Then the awful truth hits …
Open Blog Weekend: Thanks for the Memories
I’m a really lucky guy in a very privileged position. Since 2011 I’ve managed to lie, cheat and steal my …
Open Blog Weekend: The Power of Story
As Jim Loehr, the author of The Power of Story: Change Your Story, Change Your Destiny in Work and in …
Open Blog Weekend: Is your author website working for you?
Once you have a website as an author, there is a myth that it will just work and pull in …