A book review is worth gold, wherever it appears, even if it only gets in front of a handful of people. Because the moment someone places a review, even if only one other person reads it and is tempted to buy the book, that makes one more sale and compensates for the cost of that one you ‘gave away’. [...]
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 inspirationI have always believed in giving things away. That’s why I give away two free reports to anyone dropping by my site – see the box there offering The Seven Secrets for Writing Life Stories and the other offering 50 Steps to a Book in Your Hand? Head over to my Giveaways page and you will find more freebies still. Sign up to have me as your mentor and I’ll give you lots of other stuff too. This is how I try to add value to my services. I never expect all the people who take one of my freebies to become my client one day. [...] bookshow a successful writer nurtures young writing talent by judging competitions and mentoring teenagers to build a [...] bookswhy authors, and indeed, entrepreneurs, need to get interviewed as much as possible by the media. This gets you much-needed publicity. And, may I add – it is [...] tipsJohn is semi-retired, though still working as a publishing consultant. You would think that someone like John, who has all the right connections, would have it easy when trying to find a publisher for his own book. But no. John has written a children’s book for his grandaughter, Belle about a duck called Flappy and is yet to find a publisher. Knowing the ropes, he decided to go to the London Book Fair and corner a publisher there and ask for some [...] inspirationI am always going on about the importance of paying attention and using all five of your senses. But you don’t need a blast of the North Wind to blow away the cobwebs of your mind to remind you to engage your senses. Or do [...] bloggingOne of those As is Authority and it means this very same niche, box, specialism, expertise, or whatever you want call it. When you have experience of the subjects about which you write this gives you the authority you need. When you write regularly about this topic it endorses you further. And that makes you very attractive to an editor, or publisher or [...] inspirationWe are going to move house. Next week! After six months of searching and negotiating, we are finally on the way. Our house is filled with cardboard boxes and our minds are filled with floorplans and lists. Yes, it’s a stressful time. My friend Chris just sent me the link below to an amusing song about [...] booksI love to interview other expat authors, like me. People who have made their dream to write about their life overseas into a reality. Cathy Dobson is one of those authors. In 2008 she wrote and published Planet Germany, based on her blog of the same [...] booksSome folks say that if you want to write a book based on your experience, expertise or knowledge you just need to put fingers to keyboard and start writing, right? Noooo. I think we can all benefit from a little preparation. Also, I think that it is too easy to think about our ideas and let them whirl round and round our brains without putting those random thoughts into any kind of [...] |
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