The Ego in Writing
Years ago, a forty-something friend went to an open workshop at his local library. This friend had been heavily published, worked as a writing mentor, and knew as much (if … Continued
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Books Don’t Sell Themselves
Too often in publishing, we encounter authors who think their job is done the moment their book is printed. Then they come back in a year’s time to find they’ve … Continued
No Guarantees
There are some real sharks out there in the world of self-publishing. I’m a writer – and have been for almost forty years. Kev Howlett, the owner of Busybird Publishing, … Continued
Stepping Into Genre Fiction
The past few years of my life have been spent knee-deep in a literature degree. Countless hours have been dedicated reading and studying literary fiction, from Wilde to Woolf to … Continued
Learning and Growing
“You need to write a blog. It can be about anything.” Those were the infamous words spoken, yet I still didn’t know what to write. I went through many examples … Continued
Nerd vs Academic
If you are a reader, more often than not you are judged. Judged by society. Judged by those close to you. Judged by yourself. As a young reader discovering the … Continued
What does a final draft look like?
Artists often remark that the skill of a good artist is knowing when you are done. The same applies to a book. Regardless of whether it is a novel or … Continued
Show, Don’t Tell
My first thought is that what I’m about to say is a rather universal experience, or at least universal for those of us who cling so tightly to the identity … Continued