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Author Platform Part #001: Foundation

thebookwright — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 10:32:47 +0000

Getting a book written and publishing is an amazing achievement and anybody who does it deserves a big pat on the back. Sadly, that first copy of your book arriving in a Jiffy bag is just one step on your path to fame and fortune as an author and that retirement to a life scribing on a [...]

The anatomy of a click through

The Bookwright — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:46:16 +0000

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 [...]

140 Characters: a style guide for the short form

The Bookwright — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 12:57:50 +0000

If you thought Twitter was a fad or a nuisance, let me disavow you of that notion – it is a pretty useful tool for both business and pleasure and it’s here to stay.

For one, I have had direct business solely from Tweets and found the most perfect iPhone app developer from a single Tweet – [...]

Kryon Crystals iPhone app

thebookwright — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 12:47:54 +0000

I am really proud to announce the release the full version of iPhone app for the Kryon School in Germany.

The app allows you to make full use of the amazing Crystals of the Divine Reality are now available in the Apple App Store. Using the app daily will bring magic, illumination and abundance into your [...]

Authonomy is Appreciating Angels

thebookwright — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:37:44 +0000

Appreciating Angels by Sally Asling is now on Authonomy … and rising up the charts rapidly.

Authonomy is a brilliant site from Harper Collins that allows authors to post their work and get reviewed by readers and other authors.

The stories that reach the top get looked at by the commissioning editors. Several new authors have already been [...]

I’ve just been Twinterviewed

thebookwright — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:42:38 +0000

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 [...]

Author’s Block

thebookwright — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 11:29:29 +0000

And why it’s different from writer’s block

When you get asked the same thing three times in the same month, you know it’s time to blog about it.

Last month, three different authors came to me with the same tale of woe. Either a publisher had not delivered what they said they would or had let them down [...]

Competition Time

thebookwright — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 08:04:08 +0000

If you read the writer’s magazines, there are loads of writing and poetry competitions going on all the time. You could spend your writing career full time just entering them all. For this reason, I don’t often broadcast them.

But then, three unusual ones come along all at once, like buses, I felt I had to share [...]

20 Useful Twitter Links for Writers

thebookwright — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 16:27:57 +0000

Calling all authors … did you know you could use Twitter to do all of this ?

Post samples of your words

Post your pictures & art

Post audio readings of your work

Post 12 seconds of video

Connect with other authors, publishers and agents like these

100+ of the best authors on Twitter

70+ Non-fiction authors on Twitter

25 Good Author, [...]

Unleashing your author’s voice

thebookwright — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 06:27:54 +0000

I work with many authors who prefer to dictate their books than write them on paper or type them up. I am sure that this is because they have a preference to the auditory side of their brains as opposed to the visual or kinesthetic. For some this even manifests itself as a block that prevents [...]