A new writer – Planning (or not) for a book launch

When I started my first novel it was with the intention of seeing if I could do it, could I actually write a book.  I’d talked about it, I had the story and due to […]

Writers and the dilemma of social media

Last week’s blog ‘The responsibilities of the self-published author‘ seems to have resonated with many people.  One of the things I touched on briefly was social media if only in that you still see people on […]

The responsibilities of a self-publishing author

In the last few years self-publishing has gone from being thought of as only something for the unpublishable (and by definition second class) to being a real choice for new authors.  It is so easy […]

Writers – enjoy those revisions

I know, I know, you’ve finally finished that first draft.  It has taken months, you’re proud it, it’s your best work yet and now you’re faced with being critical of it.  Also you have an […]

Blogs for bloggers and writers – part 2)

A few weeks ago I wrote the first of these and promised to come back to the subject.  OK it has taken a bit longer than anticipated and yes I did get distracted a) with […]