I'm often asked where I get my ideas from and most of the time they develop from research I've been doing on another book. Not so with...

Great! Authors love beta readers. We can’t get enough of them, good ones especially. In an earlier blog I talked about at what stage in...

After doing another round of beta reading for several authors and being sent manuscripts in various stages of completion, I’ve been...

From starting a manuscript to completion there are many things along the way which make me smile (okay, I’m easily pleased – I know...

I've been scrolling through a whole host of books, trying to find a selection to download to read on the beach. I don't normally do this...

Author Alyssa Flowers asked me some questions about my experiences of self publishing. Here's the link to her website and the blog:...

I was in a bookshop-cum-coffeehouse the other day, when I couldn’t help overhearing a conversation between two ladies at the next table....

I became a published author because of Smashwords. Until I discovered their site (and that was purely by chance, if I remember rightly)...

Actually you do, if you’re an author, or plan on becoming one. Let me tell you a story. Are you sitting comfortably? Then I’ll begin…...

You know the rest! My first four novels were written straight from the heart, with no real reflection involved until they came back from...