My writing – I’m going back to basics

I admit it, my books are not selling.  Well not many anyway.  On my latest novel ‘Bleak – The story of a shape shifter’ I’ve spent some money on promotion but it is not even […]

Write because you love writing

On twitter I see offers all the time for, courses – how to write that block buster, that formula for success. I don’t believe them. I don’t mean that we can’t all learn, improve, sell […]

A challenge to celebrity and well-known authors

This blog challenge is inspired by two things: 1) I am trying to read and review more self-published authors, which I feel is only fair if I’m asking others to read and review my books. […]

5 more reasons for writing and reading short stories

Some time ago I blogged on the value of short stories to a fiction writer, any fiction writer i.e. they shouldn’t be viewed as some lesser form of the writing craft or inferior.  If anything […]

A writer’s resolutions for 2016

OK, I make writing resolutions every year.  Do they help?  Yes, I think they do.  It’s good to focus your mind at the beginning of a new year on what you would like to achieve, concentrate on, […]