Tag Archives: publishing

BOOK LAUNCH 101: THE WORLD WE LIVE IN

Posted on October 20, 2014 by [email protected]

The modern book launch: how do you expect to be taken seriously as a writer if you can’t make a video? EVERY MONTH YOU COULD WIN A COPY OF ONE OF MY BOOKS! JUST SUBSCRIBE TO MY NEWSLETTER RIGHT HERE!! AND … Continue reading →

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HITLER AND SELF PUBLISHING

Posted on September 22, 2014 by [email protected]

Adolf Hitler tries his hand at self publishing. Just a warning - his language is terrible. COLIN FALCONER

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STUCK FOR A TITLE FOR YOUR NEW BOOK? TRY THESE

Posted on September 5, 2014 by [email protected]

The part I find hardest about writing a book is settling on a title I really like. Most times they never seem quite right for me. Other times I want to say like it really is - just like they … Continue reading →

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An interview with Julia Robb

Posted on July 14, 2014 by [email protected]

I’m absolutely delighted to have Julia Robb as my guest on the blog today. Julia and I have never met and we don’t even always see eye to eye on things, but I love her take on life and I … Continue reading →

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EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS OR YOUR DREAMS? YOU CHOOSE.

Posted on March 20, 2014 by [email protected]

Here’s a question for you: if you had the choice, would you take your dreams - or would you take eight million dollars? This is how it began: many years ago, a friend of mine, John, started an advertising company … Continue reading →

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There is no catch like Catch-22

Posted on March 6, 2014 by [email protected]

Heller’s opus Catch-22, is often mentioned in the same breath as Joyce’s Ulysses, Salinger’s Catcher in the Rye, or Fitzgerald’s Great Gatsby. But unlike those novels it also added a word to the English lexicon - ‘Catch 22’, the law … Continue reading →

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MAN WHO INVENTED THE SENSATIONAL HEADLINE DIES IN BIG DISASTER!!

Posted on April 12, 2013 by [email protected]

One hundred and one years ago today, the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic; on board was one of the greatest newspapermen of his age, and the most famous Englishman on the ship - William Thomas Stead. Who? You have … Continue reading →

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THE 19 FUNNIEST BOOK COVERS EVER (AND ONE REALLY WEIRD ONE)

Posted on February 27, 2013 by [email protected]

I have a stitch in my side after researching this post. I am obsessed with covers, possibly because I have had so many bad ones foisted on me by publishers through my life. Luckily now that I have Jen Talty … Continue reading →

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THE SECRET THAT THE WORLD’S GREATEST MYSTERY WRITER NEVER REVEALED

Posted on February 25, 2013 by [email protected]

At quarter to ten on the evening of Friday, December 3, 1926, an up and coming crime writer left her home in Berkshire, England saying she was going out for a drive. She first went upstairs to kiss her sleeping … Continue reading →

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DO WE STICK WITH A GENRE OR WRITE WHAT WE FEEL?

Posted on February 15, 2013 by [email protected]

Today, I’d like to post this piece from someone I greatly admire, Julia Robb. She’s a really good writer; she has that indefinable thing called ‘voice.’ But just let me say from the outset: I don’t agree with what Julia … Continue reading →

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