In certain professions, ability, to some degree, can be measured at a glance. If you want to hire a jockey, don’t go for the one who looks just as likely to eat the horse as […]
Producing a beautiful cover for your newly completed book is the last leg of the journey – the final wrapping of the literary gift. But for those in the market for a cover, how exactly […]
In volume of jokes made, Terms and Conditions are the 21st century equivalent of plane food in the 90s. So I’m going to resolutely hold myself back from this low hanging fruit. The basis of […]
As a business whose clients are professional storytellers, the decision to tell the story of Damonza isn’t one to be taken lightly. Let’s face it, it’s going to lack the exhilaration of one of […]
Let’s face it – writing can feel lonely at times. It’s you, your kitsch and fantastically inconvenient old-timey typewriter, and the thoughts running through your noggin. Depending on how far you want to take the […]
“YOU WOULDN’T STEAL A CAR”, the famous anti-piracy ad campaign asserts. “PIRACY IS STEALING”. The use of creative content, whether it be a movie, a book or an image, can be a tricky business. So […]
Writers, like many other creatives, are so often the weird sorts. Not your standard ‘wear a colander as a helmet’ or ‘yell at inanimate objects’ weird; no, they’re a more insidious weird – the sort […]
Whether you’re writing a story about a mouse who lost its cheese, or a sprawling Tolstoyesque tale of a kingdom pressured into a war after it lost its cheese, there are some vital elements that […]
What’s the difference between eBook and print covers? It sounds like bad 80s stand-up material, doesn’t it? Thankfully I’m not creative enough to come up with a suitably average punchline. Lucky you. Before diving into […]
While many authors will happily sit down at their author desks in the morning and rattle off a chapter of their novel as if it were being copied off a blackboard, the majority of wordsmiths […]
