Writing
Writers and Coming Out LGBT
I hesitate to write this post, and I am even more hesitant to publish it. Not because I can’t but because I know I have to. I want to, I do, but I am terrified of the end results. Yet……
Twitter Me This
Tweet your way to success as a writer What’s with Twitter these days? It is a reasonably new an powerful phenomenon which is changing how the writing world sees themselves vis a vis the world at large. When I say…
Marketing Your Book Using Winnie the Pooh as a Guide
How are marketing and Winnie the Pooh linked? They don’t seem to have anything in common and most people won’t think of it as being something they would need to know. However, the classic book Winnie-the-Pooh has a lot to…
(SMART)keting
This week when I was asking some people about what qualities they look for in a marketing or advertising campaign, it was no surprise that a lot of the same answers came up (and…
Step by Step Start Writing A Book
Use books to get published and start making money with your book sooner! In this (somewhat) excessively digital age, sometimes we lose sight of the potential value that physical books have. This whole month we have been discussing how…
If I Improve My Writing Will I Be Making Money With My Books?
Will I ever make money with my books? It’s a common theme: the fear that if you write a book, you will find a mistake long after you publish; worse still, others will find mistakes, so there is a need…
In Search of The Lost Ones: Reviews and Other Matters of Publishing and Writing
It is easy to get people to buy your book, but to get them to review your book is a different matter. It is not as easy, because to many readers this is extra effort unless they feel strong enough…
Living a life of … editing?
I have to admit, I love great writing. For me, a great piece of writing should flow from one idea to the next and gently nudge the audience to a new idea or perhaps a conclusion that they’d never drawn…