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By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on January 21st, 2011
Daydreaming is a good thing if you are a writer. At least, it has done me no harm. To find out more, please read my January column at The Hague Online, where I am Writer in [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 10th, 2010
I’ve written about letting go on my blog before. Thinking of how hard it can be to add that final full stop and press the publish button on your blog. Or how the fear of negative feedback can cause countless writers to leave relegate their completed novel in a drawer. I have always known how [...]
 about me
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 3rd, 2010
My last post, the Big Ask, mentioned how giving is the first rule of networking and how asking is the second. The post focused on what to ask for.
With Christmas around the corner thoughts turn more easily to giving than to receiving and to asking, of course, so I thought I would share with you [...]
 writing
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on November 26th, 2010
One of the reasons I so love being a writer is because I get given lots of free stuff!
When I was writing freelance for a number of international and national newspapers I used to get invited to press events and launch parties and manage to wangle myself press passes to all the cool conferences I [...]
 inspiration
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on August 5th, 2010
I 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. [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on July 30th, 2010
why 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 [...]
 books
By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 3rd, 2008
Have you heard the buzz? The Amazon Bestseller Plan is available free and contains tons of tips to help you sell more books on Amazon. Compiled by the publisher who sold £30,000 of books in one day, you’d be mad to miss out. Check it out here.
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