One of the best things that’s happened as a result of writing my book is that I have genuinely changed other people’s lives. The first inkling of that was when someone emailed me to tell me that since reading the book she felt better equipped to support her son, and the reviews on Amazon continue …
What WOULD happen to your business, your clients and their workflow if you were abducted by aliens??! OK, I’ll admit that’s unlikely to happen. But you never know what’s round the corner. If you were rushed into hospital/stuck overseas with no internet/involved in an accident (and I sincerely hope none of those things happen!) what …
Reasons To Write A Book from Alison Thompson
A few days ago I wrote about the goals I set myself for the business in 2013 and how they had gone – and I set three more goals for 2014. I’ve now heard from three of the willing victims volunteers who joined me in the New Year Challenge last year and I’d like to …
It’s my birthday today – 21 again (I wish!) – and to celebrate I am giving away the Kindle version of my book The Boy From Hell for one day only. Click here to get your copy! When you publish a book on Kindle you have the option of joining the Kindle Select programme. There …
If you’re a published author with a book available from Amazon – whether it’s in print or digital format – you could be missing a trick if you aren’t using Author Central. Author Central is a neat little feature that not everyone knows about – but it gives you a bigger profile on Amazon and …
Quite often people tell me they would love to write a book – but they don’t think they’ve got anything to say, or they don’t think other people will be interested in reading it. When it comes down to it, what they’re really saying – even if they wouldn’t want to admit it to themselves …
Last year I and five other brave souls put our goals for the year “out there” to make us accountable. My goals were: In 2013 … 1. I want to finish and publish my book about raising a child with ADHD 2. I want to develop and run some blogging workshops 3. I want to grow the consultancy/training part …
For many aspiring authors, writing a book is the conclusion of a life-long dream. Many of us first dreamed of becoming writers when we were children, because we wanted to emulate our heroes – Enid Blyton in my case, perhaps JK Rowling for the younger generation. And when we finally find the time, the place, …
A few weeks ago I introduced you to Flipboard, the iPad tool that pulls together various articles on a theme into “magazines”. Well today I’ve discovered another new tool that actually lets you create an online magazine from scratch … Glossi uses a drag-and-drop interface to let you add text, images and even video to a …
