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Breaking into the publishing world as an independent author is both an exciting and challenging journey. But it also means a lot of hard work. With the rise of eReaders and self-publishing platforms, authors have more opportunities than ever to bring their work to readers without the need for traditional gatekeepers. However, success as an…
What do you say to your doctor when he or she gives you some bad news. Stand up, wave your arms around and shout the place down? Go numb? Smile? Cry? Me, I asked the obvious question when told I had cancer. “Am I going to die?” Thankfully the answer was no and although not…
Once upon a time, there was a writer in the early 20th century, who wanted to write a novel. He had paper and he had a pencil. It was all he had to write his novel. So he wrote, and he wrote, all 90,000 words, in long hand. Finding a Typist To publish his novel…
Artificial Intelligence – AI It’s a subject that is creating great disturbances in the dark side of writing. The dark side being that area where so called authors are claiming the rights to a book or books that has actually been written by an AI app. Most writers will be up in arms about this,…
I’m no marketing expert, in fact, quite the opposite. Despite being an indie author for over twelve years, I still feel my marketing efforts are perhaps a little hamfisted, even amateurish. But I have discovered little niche areas that seem to work for me. I’ve read so many books that purport to give you the…
Have you ever noticed, dear reader, when you go round your local supermarket, someone seems to take great delight in picking up a tin of peas, and depositing them with the pasta. Or it may be a packet of rice in the frozen fish section. I’ve even found a dozen free range eggs happily nestled…
I wrote a piece a few weeks back about what we should do as writers to share our writing. One way of doing so is to post to your social media platforms like Facebook or Twitter. Except Twitter doesn’t really want to make it easy for you to post your thoughts and pictures to their…
As a writer, I feel it’s not only my duty to write stories that entertain, but it’s also all about sharing what I write. Okay, I also charge my readers for some of my work, but that’s called making a living. In the main, I do a decent job of sharing my writing. After all,…
I’ve been using Twitter as my go to social media platform since March 2011. My interaction with other users is fine, not as good as the likes and RTs some get, but I’m not complaining. After all, in just over eleven years, I’ve amassed almost 16,000 followers, so I must be doing something right. I…
I’m now expanding my book’s sales stores from exclusively Amazon to include the following digital stores: Apple BooksBarnes & NobleKoboScribdSmashwordsTolinoOverDrivebibliothecaBaker & TaylorBorrowBoxVivlio All my books as they are being added over the summer. This process has started and The Brittle Saga Box Set is already on these new stores, so click here to view the…
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