Did you know that today was World Storytelling Day? No, me neither, not till about five minutes ago* … but it seems like a particularly relevant day for me because one of the best parts of my job is helping people more »
UPDATE: The Faringdon Writing Group has now been running successfully for 5 years under the stewardship of Val Hughes. For more information please email Val directly. They’ve even published their own book! From March 2014: I’m thinking of starting a more »
Many authors use services like Kindle and CreateSpace to self-publish books because it’s quick, easy and cost effective – and it means anyone can be a “published author”. (Whether anyone should be is a topic for another post!) But there more »
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 more »
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, more »
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 more »
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 … more »
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 more »
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 more »