Many people I talk to say they want to write a book – but they don’t know WHAT they want to write a book about! They have a burning desire to be an author but they just can’t work out what it is they want to write. But you know, it’s really not that complicated …
So you probably know that I wrote and published my first book earlier this year. I’m often asked how it’s doing and the answer is …. pretty well, actually. The book has sold over 400 copies, brings in around £150 a month in royalties and has 24 reviews on Amazon UK, 22 of which are five star! …
Over the weekend a strange thing happened. I received an anonymous banker’s draft for quite a large sum of money. No identifying information, no name, no compliments slip – no way of identifying who it was from. At first I decided I must have a mysterious benefactor who wanted to give me a bit of …
This week I wanted to give you a quick heads up about another cool app for iOS and Android devices – Flipboard. This is a tool that helps you find information on the subjects that interest you, and it’s great for reading all the latest news on film releases/art journalling/cricket/insert random hobby here in one place. …
Back in 2011 a fellow proofreader, Liz Broomfield of Libro Editing, launched a “Small Business Chat” feature on her blog, where she interviews a different small business owner every week about why they started their business, how they’ve grown it, where they want it to go and what lessons they’ve learnt along the way. The …
Yesterday I was browsing through the apps on my iPad, and I came across one I downloaded a while ago but hadn’t yet had a play with – Haiku Deck. As there was nothing on the telly I spent a few minutes messing around with it – and quickly discovered that it lets you create …
The landscape of publishing has changed completely, and along with the digital revolution, new job roles have come along too. Amongst them is the role of the book coach. While there are plenty of book coaches around, it’s not a job title that everyone has come across, and every book coach will offer a unique …
At the start of the year I and five other business owners set ourselves some goals for 2013. The idea was that if we put our goals “out there” we’d be more likely to accomplish them – because it would provide a kind of accountability. So here we are, almost at the end of June …
We keep hearing how social media is good for business, but have you ever considered the negative effects it could have – especially on your health? Read on to find out more in this interesting guest blog post … It’s hard to deny the growing presence of social media in our lives and brands have …
Do you use interviews to promote your business, increase traffic to your website or raise your profile? When I was writing my book I wanted to include chapters written from the perspective of my children, but I knew I didn’t have a chance in hell of getting either of them to actually write anything! So …
