In the pantheon of literary festivals, the Chipping Norton Literary Festival is reckoned to be one of the best: world class speakers, an unrivalled range of events, the ‘localness’ yet global appeal, and not least, enthusiasm and fun. So when I was invited via my writing friend Liz Harris to speak on self-publishing at one […]
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November 22nd, 2015 | Tags: advice, ChipLitFest, Giving talks | Category: Authors, Events, Getting published, Useful stuff, Writing life, Writing skills | Comments are closed Getting into my stride with London busses now – the C1 service, a step away from the hotel, drops me just across the bridge from Olympia. I’ve never used the busses so regularly before – I can even answer questions about them now to other attendees. But a smattering of knowledge is a dangerous thing… […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!April 15th, 2015 | Tags: Insights, London Book Fair | Category: Agents, Authors, Events, INCEPTIO, Kobo, Useful stuff, Writing life | Comments are closed My writing friend and pirate lady-in-chief/1066 chronicler Helen Hollick has nominated me as a versatile blogger. It’s a way to recognise other bloggers and introduce them and their readers to new blogs. And people blog about the most amazing subjects… So, what do I have to do? 1. Display the logo (cut and paste it […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 28th, 2015 | Tags: Blogging, historical, versatile blogger | Category: Authors, Awards, Other people's websites/blogs, Useful stuff, Writing life | 3 comments - (Comments are closed) Readers never cease to surprise me – that’s the chief finding of the survey I ran over three weeks at the end of January/ beginning of February. I wanted to know how readers found the books they read and how they interacted with authors. It was pure curiosity combined with a sincere wish to give […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 19th, 2015 | Tags: Blogging, book trailers, finding books, newsletter, social media, survey | Category: Authors, Genres, Insights, Readers, Research, Useful stuff | 36 comments - (Comments are closed) It’s a funny time to be pursuing a writing career, but an exciting one. All authors, apart from the biggest names, need to publicise their own books whether they’re self-published, small press or even big house published. Writing Magazine commissioned me to write a piece about how to seek and find recognition in today’s fiercely […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!January 16th, 2015 | Tags: Hard graft, self-publishing, Writing skills | Category: ALLi, Authors, Awards, Competitions, Events, In the press, Promotion, Useful stuff | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) |
   
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