Writing, self-publishing, book marketing, making a living with your writing
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This blog is about adventures in publishing, and today we are looking at writing book proposals if you are pursuing the traditional publishing route. Gary Smailes is the author of several history …
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One of the most common questions that authors seem to get asked is "Where do you get your ideas for your books?". Similarly, one of the most common questions asked of bloggers is "How do you know …
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This is a personal post! I have stumbled through to the end of my story, and now I sit at the end of the first draft of the first novel. So how does it feel? I'm proud to have over 70,000 …
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To be a successful writer in a genre, you have to read a lot of books! Genre writing is quite specific in that people have expectations and if you don't meet them, the reader is disappointed. I am …
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Print on demand and self-publishing truly changed my life. I went from someone who dreamed of being an author, to seeing my books for sale on the biggest book site in the world, Amazon.com. I also …
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This is a pretty personal interview with the fantastic Clare Edwards from Change-Works. I asked Clare on the show to help me with some of my own issues around being an introvert, accepting criticism …
