How to get reviews for your books – honestly! For many of us writers, getting reviews is becoming very difficult. Some statistics say that very few people actually go to the trouble of reviewing the books they read. For those of us who have completed and published books, this makes it hard to sell them on […]
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Christmas in Freebie Land
So, we’re closing in on Christmas and as usual, the year has flown. For me, it has flown in a torrent of words and I have managed to produce two full-length books, two novellas plus a host of short stories. My latest short novel is Christmas themed and you can find Tell Me Magic Lies […]
Is Your Writing Good Enough to Sell?
This is a contentious debate as there are many who feel that just being able to write a book is enough. But I have read some books that should never have been published because the quality of the writing is so bad and they are completely unedited or proofread. The problem is that there are […]
Three of The Best Books On Writing and Self-Publishing
I have just came across a great offer on books about writing and self-publishing and I want to let you know about it straight away. It’s a 3 book box set called the Indie Author Power Pack. This offer puts together 3 of the most popular Books In Self-Publishing together with an exclusive interview with […]
How to edit your own story when you’re broke.
In an ideal world, all writers would be able to afford the best of editors. But, we are not in an ideal world. Most writers don’t have much money. Most of us have seen our incomes go down even more over the last ten years. Many of us are struggling. Yet editing is vital and […]
SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS
SELF-PUBLISHED BOOKS As always there is a lot of discussion about self-published books in the media – social and otherwise. The discussion seems to swing widely between two quite distant poles. There are those who are for it, generally self-publishers, and those who are against it, generally conventional self-publishers. Both sides are exchanging a great […]
The Copy Editor
WHAT DOES A COPY EDITOR DO? The copy editor, sometimes called a line editor, carries out a close concentrated inspection of the text, They seek out the ‘smaller’ errors such as grammatical, spelling, typing errors and incorrect wording etc. Some writers write very fast while others are much slower, and perhaps more methodical workers. They may stop […]
Editing – the essentials
Editing is crucial. A good editor will search for problems such as technical errors, story inconsistencies and structural defects. They will draw your attention to all manner of issues, and assist you in the process of making your book the best it can be. TOO CLOSE TO SEE You may think you can do all […]
DIGITAL IMPRINTS
SELF-PUBLISHING AND DIGITAL IMPRINTS If you are going down the digital self-publishing route there’s a lot to think about. Do you want to arrange editing, proofs, line editing, covers, and marketing? Yes? Then there is plenty of helpful information for you here. If your answer is no? Then my advice is to stay with, or seek out conventional […]
Planning A Story
Planning a story is one of the best things you can do if you want to finish your story. I know some writers don’t plan at all. They just follow their muse, or their creative genius wherever it takes them. If it works for you, that’s great but many writers find that without a plan […]