Category Indie publishing
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 […]
Thoughts on #InfoDumps anyone?
First, what is an infodump? If you aren’t familiar with the term, that probably means you aren’t an author! There are a number of structural issues within stories that it’s advisable for authors to avoid, and infodumps are one. Infodumping is when an author gives lots of information in too short a space of time, […]
#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 […]
Do your characters take over? #AmWriting #WritingProcess
This topic comes to the forefront of my mind every time someone mentions ‘writing process’. Having covered it before, this post is a mash up of a previous one, and more recent thoughts in the light of several more books under my belt. If you are like me, your process changes and develops with each […]
Did you know Amazon #KDP charges you a fee for delivering your #ebook, based on its file size?
You’d think delivering a digital file wouldn’t cost anything, wouldn’t you? It’s just a straightforward download, over the World Wide Web. And yet, provided you are ‘earning’ 70% royalties from Amazon, they charge YOU, the author, a delivery fee every time a customer buys and downloads your book. So you’re really earning 70% minus the […]
Do you think your #writing isn’t good enough? Dealing with your fears – Part 3
While it is definitely advisable to achieve a fair degree of knowledge of writing and publishing before you go ahead, if you are a writer who NEVER feels like your work is either good enough, or ready enough, then I advocate taking Hugh Laurie’s advice. There are so many ways you can self-sabotage your writing career, and […]
Do you think your #writing isn’t good enough? Dealing with your fears – Part 2 #Reblog
Here is Part 2 of my 3 part series on how my knowledge of sports psychology can be used in your writing life. In Part 1 of this series, which you can find here, I talked about the concept of POSITIVE MENTAL ATTITUDE, a phrase much used in my normal working field of sports coaching, […]
Do you think your #writing isn’t good enough? Dealing with your fears (Part 1) #Reblog
I’ve been blogging for over a decade now, and I think it’s time to share some of my evergreen posts that are still as relevant today, but will be new to many of those of you who have come across my blog in more recent years. So, here goes… I just finished reading an issue […]
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 […]
Update on my FREE sale results #marketing
I apologise. I had meant to do this update 6 months after my Christmas sale, but life took over and the time never presented itself to sit down and do calculations. Until now. So, here it is: analysis of the 6 months post my FREE sale of book #1 in series, THE PRINCE’S MAN. You […]
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