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Update to the #Scam
By far the most popular post on my blog in the last 18 months has been my sharing of the approach I recieved from PRIME SEVEN MEDIA and my subsequent investigation into their ‘offer’ of a television interview to promote my book. I say ‘book’, singular, because they hadn’t even bothered to notice that I […]
Spring has sprung! #Garden #dogs
We’ve had a few really nice days of sunshine and no wind here in the Highlands. I still laugh that so many people asked my why I wanted to move up here, because the weather was so awful. Well guess what, I think with global warming, I moved north at exactly the right time! England […]
#Author Newsletters – do you have one?
For a number of years now, the author newsletter has been touted as the most important piece of unpaid marketing we can do for our books. I’m interested to know how many of you have a newsletter, how often you send, and if you really feel it’s worthwhile. I do have a newsletter, but with […]
February #funnies #Scotland
It’s a busy week with teaching and judging at the Scottish Regional Dressage Championships, so rather than miss out on a post this week, I thought I would do another collection of funnies – it’s been a while, and funny is always good! Thought I would share some Scottish themed memes this time… And to […]
Book Relaunch – DESPRITE MEASURES #UrbanFantasy #EcoFiction
Last summer, I shared that I was planning to update and re-launch one of my earlier novels: Urban Fantasy, DESPRITE MEASURES. I have spent the last 6 months working on it when I had a spare moment (not many of those were available, what with the issues with my trad pub non-fiction book, which had […]
Annual #Author Tax Accounts – 10 expenses you can claim
I’ve decided to get my accounts done a little early, rather than leave them until the last moment (January 31st 2024), on the grounds that I would like, this year, to know how much I am going to owe the Inland Revenue with enough time to organise the money! I’ve been guilty for years of […]
Want to join us for an #Eco-Summit? #EcoFantasy #EcoFiction
The past 10 days have been SO busy I even missed out on blogging last week – something I almost never do. The next 2 weeks look much calmer, but within that time frame I will be participating in an ECO-SUMMIT on AUGUST 9th. This meeting of minds is designed for all who love our […]
Experimenting with #AI tools? Try this really useful voice note app
Like me, you may be a bit overwhelmed by the explosion in AI-powered tools. Even if you see them as potentially useful, the speed with which they are proliferating is, for most of us, breathtaking and daunting. I’ve been trying to get it together with Midjourney , the best AI image creator so far. I […]
Have you heard of #EcoFantasy?
Ages ago I set out to write an urban fantasy novel, which became DESPRITE MEASURES. Yes, you read that right – it’s a story about a water sprite and I do love a pun. I wanted to write a type of character no one had done before, and settled on an elemental. Many books have […]
Yet more about the #tradpub experience
Maybe I’m just unfortunate. Maybe this is the way of things these days, but this experience is firming up my resolve that this will definitely be my last traditionally published book. These posts relate the situation so far: And so to the latest… Just before the last weekend in May, I received an email from […]
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