So, are you a ‘seat of the pants’ writer, or a ‘snowflaker’? In other words, when you sit down to write that first draft of your novel, do you start with little more than a notion of what it is … Continue reading
Written by Mark Stevens, Broadmoor Revealed is a collection of stories about a handful of Victorian Broadmoor inmates. The asylum’s archives became available for public access in 2008. As professional archivist responsible for the records of Britain’s first Criminal Lunatic … Continue reading
I read an interesting post on Marie Loughin’s blog this morning about her fears for digital books, and that one day, when civilization crumbles (as it surely must) the digital cloud may evaporate, leaving future generations bereft of reading matter. … Continue reading
m a n d o l i n via Compfight Due to popular demand I am hosting another free promo weekend on Amazon for The Devil and Edward Teach UK The Devil and Edward Teach US Keep your eyes peeled, … Continue reading
…you might want to check out some of these links. There’s been a couple of events in the blogosphere this week which should be of interest to you, if your intention is to write for a living. Catherine, Caffeinated has … Continue reading
That’s right, you lucky, lucky people. You too can find out what happened that dreadful day when Blackbeard met his ultimate adversary – The Devil. This significant chapter in Edward Teach’s life has never been recorded before, and you will … Continue reading
I recently picked up Stephen King’s The Stand in my local library. It’s got to be somewhere around 30 years since I first read that book, a fact of my life which I find far scarier than anything King has … Continue reading
Book reviews are useful, aren’t they? Whether written by a professional book reviewer (whatever one of those is) or a reader on Amazon, or in a blog. I very rarely buy a book without reading a review first. There have … Continue reading
It’s all about the readers. Or at least it should be. This self-publishing business, it’s a lark, isn’t it? There we were, just a few, short years ago, either paying out horrendous amounts of money per unit printed by using … Continue reading
Well, duh, it’s the content, of course. How many cool, all singing, all dancing websites have you visited that amazed and dazzled with flash animation and video, music, etc., that then disappointed because there was no content? There are a … Continue reading