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Stories aren't just about books
I’m someone who really likes to get her teeth into a big, fat, juicy book. I’ve been known to pass over a book if the spine isn’t wide...
Is there a best way to promote a novel?
As a newbie indie author I published my book, and sat back and waited for someone, anyone, to notice it. It got some downloads. Then when...
A reviewing dilemma
I read. A lot. I also review. I don't get paid for this (although someone once accused me of just such a thing, merely because I...
Scribophile
A couple of months ago I wrote that, for me, the jury was out when it came to Scribophile. For those of you who haven’t heard of it, it’s...
Etiquette for authors?
You’ve published the work that has taken you decades to write, you’ve let your book-baby loose on the world, and now you sit back and...
Whispering in toilets
This is not as weird as it sounds. Honest! I, like many other people, get ideas at the oddest and most inconvenient of times. Very often...
Busman's holiday? Anyone else feel the same?
I’ve loved books for as long as I can remember. The stories inside their covers transport me to other countries, other worlds, other...
Does it have to be happily ever after?
I’m not talking about romances, here (that’s a whole different ball game), but other genres. Personally I don’t think it does. In fact,...
Those darned characters!
I've said before that I'm a seat-of-my-pants kind of writer. I get an idea, the start of a story, a premise, and then just run with it. I...
Readers never read the book the author writes...
I read somewhere that ‘readers never read the book the author writes’. And to a certain extent this is true. Two readers will have a...
