Understanding the Role of the First Draft
A first draft has a special role to play and you need not only to understand this role but fully embrace it. Here’s what you need to know.
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Is Your Writing Good Enough to Publish?
Is Your Writing Good Enough to Publish? Is Your Writing Good Enough to Publish? – Audio version My first book was completed: a 155,000-word fantasy…
Spotting Unnecessary Scenes
Spotting Unnecessary Scenes Series – Editing Your Books On the surface, more words mean more pages, a thicker book and longer read which implies better…
Book Marketing Series #2 – Five-Year Plan
(Click here for the start of the series) Part 2 in this Book Marketing series covers, for most new authors the uncomfortable truth, that…
MA Book Marketing Series #1 – The Five Fierce Facts
This is the true, unshackled reality of book sales- and what to do about it. If you can stomach the facts and implement the advice,…
Why are my books not selling?
Book Marketing signals the death of the majority of new author dreams. You spend all that time on your book and believe the hard part’s…
Red Light Zone for Writers
The Struggle to Find Somewhere to Write Now don’t get me wrong, I love my family to bits, but writers have to go to a…
The Pros and Cons of Self-Publishing
The Pros and Cons of Self-publishing (Updated for 2019) The number of books being published on Amazon is rocketing (over 350,000 in the last 30 days)….
Creating Skilful Opening Lines
“Come on in, the water’s tepid.” Underrated by many new authors and a source of much anguish for experienced writers, opening lines are not only key…
What’s a Story Theme?
What’s a Story Theme? Edmond Blackadder once said to the Queen of England (Queenie) in Blackadder II, “Without you Ma’am, life is like a broken…