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The anatomy of a click through

When we click on a link, we don’t give it a second thought – especially these days when we are presented with 100′s if not 1000′s of potential hyperlinks each day.
Links nowadays are not limited to those on web sites or in email newsletters. They abound in Twitter tweets and on Facebook Walls.
Knowing how and why [...]

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Guildford Book Festival Short Story Competition

The Bookwright is thrilled to be sponsoring this year’s Guildford Book Festival Short Story award.
The prize is fabulous and, as far as we know, a first for any literary competition anywhere in the world.
The winning entry will be converted into an iPhone app that can be either read or listened to – we call these Commutabooks.

The [...]

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Author’s Re-treat

Are you someone who has had a book on the go for a while but never seem to get the time to write it.
Or perhaps you want to get one written but never seem to find the time.

Well from the 21st to 23rd of April, I am running an event that will change your world forever [...]

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Blockbusting Testimonials

Every once in a while I feel it’s justified to blow your own trumpet … and this is one of them.

This week I ran the first of a new format of workshop for me – called a Blockbusting Workshop, it’s specifically aimed at removing writer’s block and setting a bunch of talented and latent writers off [...]

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Predictions for 2010

As we approach a New Year and indeed a new decade, here’s a few predictions for what I think may happen over the next 12 months in the world of books and publishing ….

1. 1st generation ebook readers will be sub $100 by the end of the year in time for Christmas and selling on ebay [...]

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The Block Buster is Coming

Buy the book here & get six guided visualisations free

or

Come on this workshop to discover how to get rid of writer’s block forever

[...]

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How to Channel Your Book Workshop

Learn how to channel, write and publish your book in this interactive, creative and mind-enhancing workshop.

Who is this workshop for?
• First time authors
• Established authors who are stuck in a rut
• Experienced channels and mediums
• Anyone seeking to expand their awareness

What will you learn?
• How to manifest your publisher & your readers
• Whole Brain Thinking
• Whole Mind Thinking
• How to deal with writer’s block
• How [...]

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I’ve just been Twinterviewed

I am really honoured to be @nicktadd’s second guest on the NT Show this morning.

Nick has pushed the social media envelope yet again with this amazing format where he interviews a guest live on Twitter.

Not only does he fire questions at you, to which you reply as best as you can in 140 chars or less [...]

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Some wonderful workshop testimonials

For any one who runs a workshop, one of the best moments is when you get feedback at the end of the workshop.

Such feedback comes in two forms both positive and negative and you always learn.

What I learned from last week’s Unleash Your Book Inside workshop is that I need to extend it in the New [...]

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Overcoming writer’s block teleseminar

Later this month, on the 29th September, I’ll be in conversation with fellow book coach and mentor, Julia McCutchen.

The teleseminar will be on the subject of writer’s block and why blocks are not necessarily bad things.

By the end of the interview you will know:

the true purpose of blocks
why most thoughts aren’t your own and where they really come from
several simple [...]