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Happy Alice’s Day

I don’t normally do book reviews, but as it’s Alice’s Day today – a celebration of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, I felt I couldn’t let it pass without saying a few words about Lewis Carroll’s fantastic book. When I found… Continue Reading →

What skills do you need to be a writer?

No writer emerges fully formed. It’s that simple. When a writer publishes their first book, it’s rarely actually their first completed work. Instead it will be the product of many, many years of false starts and learning from them. Most… Continue Reading →

Creating an audio book

All aspects of self-publishing have been very much of a learning curve for me, but I think putting together an audio book has been the trickiest. I was asked about an audio version of A Deadly Rejection back in 2017… Continue Reading →

Was September a new book month?

At the start of September I said I was only going to read new books throughout the month, so how did I get on? Well, I read some new books but I did also, when tired, fall back on a… Continue Reading →

Why we need an International Literacy Day

Today is the United Nations’ International Literacy Day, which is focused on ‘Literacy and Multilingualism’. However, while I consider learning a language to be a fantastic skill (I’m trying to learn Spanish – emphasis on the word trying), I think… Continue Reading →

Read A New Book Month

We all know the comfort of reading an old favourite. You know the characters, the plot doesn’t need much energy and you can relax as you’re reading. I’ve been doing that a lot recently. I think I was in need… Continue Reading →

Where did A Deadly Rejection come from?

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in February:  When you’re starting out as a writer, one of the first pieces of advice you’re given… Continue Reading →

My writing journey

This year I’m going to be contributing a post every month to the A Lover of Books blog. Here’s what I wrote in January: If you’d asked me as a child what I wanted to be when I grew up,… Continue Reading →

What I’ve learned about self-publishing (part 3) – ebook vs paperback

When I set out to self-publish my book, I almost made a huge mistake. I considered my own reading habits and the fact that I split my reading between my Kindle (other reading devices are available!) and hard copies. This… Continue Reading →

What I’ve learned about self-publishing (part 2) – marketing

For many (or possibly most) people, marketing doesn’t come easily. It fills you with the image of cold callers and hard sellers, but in reality it can be much more subtle than that. In fact, it can be as simple… Continue Reading →

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