One of the best things about being an author is getting to talk to other authors – especially those writing in a similar field to you.
One of the writers I have admired for many years who has been really generous with book reviews is Steve Taylor. Even more of a coincidence is that we’re both Manchester [...]
What has a boy with leukemia got to do with an oil rig fire?
What’s the connection between an aged boxer and a wild gypsy boy?
What has a Spanish love affair got to do with an unexpected death on a mini-digger?
It can only be a collection of entertaining short stories from a collection of new writers [...]
So another year is nearly behind us and what a year it’s been.
For me, much of the ground work I put in place in 2008 and 2009 came to fruition and I’d like to send a big thank you out to all that have helped and contributed along the way.
Before launching into another year – and [...]
… how to go from an idea to a published book in 7 weeks
Here’s a brief summary of a really pleasant project I worked in recently with new author, James McBrearty
Step 1: take two labradors and go for a really good walk where you discuss overall aims and ambitions that the author wants from the book.
It is perhaps somewhat ironic, but not at all surprising in these days, that the sequel to my new book on Light Bulb Moments is available before it.
Flavours of Thought started as a chapter in the light bulb book and has spawned into a book in its own right. Not only that but the most amazing [...]
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This book is a book of transformation.
We go about our days not giving our thoughts a second thought. This is a real shame as our thoughts fundamentally changes the world around us.
In Part 1 Flavours of Thought, our thoughts processes are divided [...]
This book tells you what it was like to be a black woman born in Britain, in the fifties, with roots in the West Indies. What it’s like not to know your roots, never knowing where you belonged. Always being told you don’t belong, always trying to fit in.
I’m thrilled to have been able to help new author Keith Churchouse publish his second book this year on the Amazon Kindle – and via the Kindle app, on the iPhone and iPad too.
Addicted to Wedding Cake is a user manual of how to get divorced in the most painless way possible. Keith’s been there, got [...]
So it’s the morning after and no doubt some England fans are in some sort of mourning.
Such is the hype nowadays around events like the World Cup.
Of course one simple explanation for the 1-1 draw is that the other team (well done USA) were actually quite good … they were certainly as good as the scoreline [...]
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