Top 10 Surefire Tips to Writing a Bestseller
This is my one hundredth Busybird blog since Busybird moved into our Montmorency Studio ~ Gallery. I thought I’d do something special to commemorate the occasion. Something that’s never been … Continued
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The Publishing Process
Have you ever wondered about the work that goes into transforming a manuscript into a book once a publisher accepts it? It’s not as simple as the publisher saying, Hey, … Continued
The Fetishisation of the Printed Form
I watched a discussion at the Independent Publishing Conference where a panellist said he didn’t believe in the ‘fetishisation’ of the print book as a reason readers preferred it over … Continued
Justifying Structure
How are you going to tell your story? Most authors won’t even think about it. They’ll just sit down and write, and let their story take its own form. It … Continued
Inside Karma
Arriving Early Except for a gang of cockatoos screeching and catcalling from the treetops, I was alone. A mist had begun to settle, blurring the contours of the new growth … Continued
An Exploration of Karma
We’re back from Karma! And, as you might expect, this is when we give you the sell about what a great weekend it was. Well, you know what? It was! … Continued
Pop Your Bubble!
The best way you can learn to write is by writing. It doesn’t matter how much theory you gorge on, until you execute, until you learn how to articulate your … Continued
The Length of Things
One of the greatest freedoms we have as writers is determining the length of our article/story/book/novel. Screenwriting has constraints. Generally, it’s accepted that one page will equal one minute of … Continued