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Authors often talk about the heroines in their books. You may have caught me mentioning Carina and Aurelia from time to time. (Whistles in the air) But a conversation about heroines and their heroes led to something else… This post was inspired by author Helen Hollick. It’s mainly in her voice with bits and pieces […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!March 21st, 2017 | Tags: Books, giveaway, Hard graft, heroines, inspirations | Category: Authors, Characters, Insights, INSURRECTIO, Other people's websites/blogs, Writing life | 34 comments - (Comments are closed) 
Fed with with the news and weather? Low energy and bored with most things? Eating more chocolate? Even though brilliant December days lighten the feeling, many of us dislike that grey dull period stretching from dismal November to that liver-yellow time in February and view with relief the first flower burst in spring. But for […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!February 14th, 2017 | Tags: advice, depression, real life, SAD, SAD light, Seasonal affective disorder, self-care, winter | Category: Authors, Insights, Personal, Useful stuff, Writing life | 22 comments - (Comments are closed) Readers need books. Writers want to write. Seems like a match made in heaven, doesn’t it? Writing is a solitary occupation. But publishing a book can’t be done without others: beta readers, critique partners, editors (structural, developmental, line, copy) and proofreaders. Take your pick. Then we need a marketing team: advance readers, blog hosts, friends/colleagues […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 28th, 2016 | Tags: Alliance of Independent Authors, marketing, social media | Category: Authors, Books, Other people's websites/blogs, Promotion, Writing life | Comments are closed This week’s guest, multi-published Joanna Maitland, knows all about loving her characters, but to ring the changes from the ‘Love me, love my character’ series, I’ve asked her to give as some of her valuable expertise. What am I talking about? Read on… Joanna Maitland’s first historical romance went through the Romantic Novelists’ Association’s New […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 25th, 2016 | Tags: advice, Feedback, indie publishing, RNA, self-publishing | Category: Authors, Books, Getting published, Guests, Romantic Novelists' Association, Writing life, Writing skills | 15 comments - (Comments are closed) With Rachel Abbott at the SilverWood Books social in Bristol If you read this blog regularly, you’ll have seen that I’ve almost earnt a frequent flyer gold card! No, not really, but I seemed to have trudged along miles of airport corridors and lived in so many hotel rooms I can’t remember which […] If you enjoyed this post, do share it with your friends!November 7th, 2016 | Tags: Bristol, conferences, historical, SilverWood Books | Category: AURELIA, Authors, Events, INSURRECTIO, Travel, Writing life, Writing skills | 4 comments - (Comments are closed) |
   
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