The book series. Many authors view them as the Holy Grail, the chance to hook an audience that are practically guaranteed to buy every book, so as to read more about their favourite characters. Very compelling
Continue readingI'm hoping to publish my debut book, Ocean of Dust in late September, so it's time to run a few competitions, and hopefully you can help me out. Below is my proposed book blurb for Ocean of Dust, a YA
Continue readingThis post concerns the amateur reviewing of books, e.g. on Amazon or Goodreads, as opposed to professional reviewing for magazines, publishing trade papers or for publishers themselves. I’ve been an
Continue readingHello Everyone! I hope all is well with you! My name is Lisa Orchard and I’m a Young Adult Writer. I’m guest blogging today here at Graeme’s site. I would like to take a second to thank Graeme for
Continue readingNow and then, I catch myself rushing: anxious to publish and hurrying my writing. Luckily, I have techniques to combat this mindset (one of which involves an excellent Malbec or Chianti), and it becomes
Continue readingLast week my aging computer went belly up with the completed manuscript of my first book, and my partially written second. Apart from not being able to write (or anything else) for a few days, I managed
Continue readingAnd now for something fun and inspirational. If you haven't heard of Matt, star of the crazy dancing and travel videos on YouTube, check them out. You can't help but smile and laugh. Back in 2005, when
Continue readingLast week I reviewed Lilith, a great debut book by Victoria Limbert. I asked her where her inspiration came from, and she kindly agreed to talk about how and why she started writing. Read her powerful
Continue reading5 out of 5 stars This an excellent, highly polished debut novel that stands out against the crowded paranormal genre. Without giving away spoilers, the heroine, Annette shares her mind with the soul
Continue readingHello everyone, this is the first ever guest post on my site, and I'm very excited to bring you this article by Mark Landen. Thanks, Mark! He's working on his first novel, but for the last year or so,
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