I love bookshops. I used to own one. A local bookshop is an oasis on a crowded, noisy high street where you can slow down to explore new worlds, learn, laugh, cry, have fun. They are, sadly, a dying breed …
If any of you have appeared in a local newspaper, national newspaper, national magazine, or even a nationally sold niche magazine and shared online on your social media, a picture of the article, then delete the image asap! My best …
There are many resources on this site to help you to write your book from scratch. That means research, writing, proofing and editing yourself. Let’s consider other ways of getting the content on the page in front of you. 1. …
I am sure many a writer has those moments when they ask themselves ‘should I do a workshop?’ The answer is of course yes – you should, no matter what level or expertise your writing is at. “What?” I hear …
The phrase ‘increase your word power’ will resonate with readers over a certain age. I remember as a child my grandmother getting a Reader’s Digest magazine through the post every month and one of the features ran under this heading. …
Many people may think that data could not be further removed from the written word. As a publishing novice I was one of these people. However, metadata could not be more important to author and publisher alike. Metadata is the …