No one sets out to make mistakes, and because of that it can be tempting to think you never make any. Often you’ll only realise when they’re pointed out to you, at which point you’ll […]
Getting Your Book into Bookstores: A Guide for Self-Published Authors
The sights, the smells, the whispered sounds; there’s something about the humble bookstore that this writer would eloquently describe as ‘ohhn’. (The delighted grunt you make when you take the first bite of something delicious. […]
10 Questions for Vivian Arend
10 Questions for Vivian Arend With over 2.5 million books sold, Vivian Arend is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of over 65 contemporary and paranormal romance books, including the Six Pack […]
Should I Self-Publish with Amazon KDP or Ingramspark?
‘The end’ you write, thus concluding your first ever novel in the classiest way possible. It’s a thing of beauty, and like a parent with a wallet full of baby photos you’re keen to show […]
How to Publish Your Next Book Using Amazon KDP
Despite an endless news cycle of horror and despair, when you step back and have a look at the big picture, we humans actually have it about as easy now as we ever have. An […]
To COVID or Not to COVID: The Challenge of Writing Fiction during a Pandemic
Our hero has locked herself away from the diseased masses outside. She hears them, within earshot, shouting at confused pigeons about the dangers of 5G. Having witnessed an entire continent burn just two months earlier […]
10 Questions for Douglas Clegg
10 Questions for Douglas Clegg His short fiction has won the Bram Stoker Award, the International Horror Guild Award, the International Horror Guild Award, and has been included in several Year’s Best anthologies A horror […]
10 Questions for Lee Goldberg
10 Questions for Lee Goldberg #1 New York Times Bestselling Author & TV Producer A writer’s journey and experiences can be as interesting as the stories they write. Lee’s story and perspective reflects some reality […]
Finding Their Muse: 5 Tales of Authors and (Often Unrequited) Love
As the goddesses of literature, art and science, the Nine Muses of Greek mythology were the source of both inspiration and knowledge for the people who plied these trades in Ancient Greece. Can’t think of […]
Hardcover vs Paperback: Which Is Right for Your Book?
The humble book cover was initially designed to do nothing more than protect the valuable pages it encapsulated. At a time when a monk could spend a literal lifetime creating a perfectly crafted copy of […]