Wait, hold on a minute there! What am I trying to say here? Can it be true? Ken Preston, author of cowboy/zombie mashup Population:DEAD! and the supernatural pirate novel The Devil and Edward Teach has written a My Weekly Pocket … Continue reading
It’s not a big deal. I haven’t suddenly decided that self-publishing is the devil’s work, or that ‘indie authors’ are self-deluded losers, who need a swift kick up the rear end and a hard life lesson. (Although, looking at the … Continue reading
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
Ok, so I went to see the digitally restored rerelease of Jaws this week, and it is still a fantastic movie, holding up against modern movies remarkably well despite its age and that rubbery shark. And that got me thinking, … 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
Photo Credit: J E Smith via Compfight Back in the summer of 1984, I travelled to the island of Guernsey, (located just off the coast of France, but part of British territory, if you’re interested,) to spend a week with … Continue reading
“If you want to write fiction, the best thing you can do is take two aspirins, lie down in a dark room, and wait for the feeling to pass.” – Lawrence Block, Writing the Novel That’s probably the best writing … 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