It’s a new year, and a new era for me, as I’ve just returned to office work after more than a decade working freelance. My daughter is older now and soon won’t need me to take her to school any more so, when an opportunity came up, I took it. I am still writing andContinue reading “Back To A Working Week”
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Stuck Writing Your Author Bio? Try The (Totally Not Serious) Author Bio Generator
So I’ve been noticing a trend recently of, shall we say, somewhat overwrought author bios, in which every detail is teased into something magnificent, a picture of a life fabulously lived. I realise that there are, in fact, authors who do live wonderfully exciting lives but I also seem to remember a time when itContinue reading “Stuck Writing Your Author Bio? Try The (Totally Not Serious) Author Bio Generator”
Breathing Out
I’ve been in a bit of a blog lull this week. This usually happens to me after I’ve finished a big writing project – it’s as though my mind needs a few days to rest before it can get back to the business of working with words again. I think it’s entirely natural, really. YouContinue reading “Breathing Out”
A Marketing Experiment
Tomorrow I’m going to be running a little experiment in marketing. Oak and Mist, the first book in my Ambeth Chronicles, will be free on Amazon Kindle for five days starting tomorrow. The paperback will still be full price, but the e-book – free. I realise there are differing schools of thought on whether weContinue reading “A Marketing Experiment”