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One thing they never tell you when you start this ‘self-publishing’ thing is that you also need to be a ‘self-marketer’ and boy, can it be a big learning experience! Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying every step of it, and so far it’s not half as ‘scary’ as I thought it might be, it’sContinue reading “‘Self publishing’ or self Marketing?”

So, the book’s on Amazon, you’re all poised for the big time, now the question is how to ‘break in’ to the big time? I was watching a YouTube interview a few weeks ago from an author who just knew she had a book that would sell millions, if she could just get someone toContinue reading ““Quality always sells itself?””

“You’ve done the hard yards, you’ve written the book” you’ve heard, or read the ‘spiel’ usually followed by, “now all you have to do is follow my ‘xyz’ plan and you’ll make a bundle of cash” Ever come across those lines? I have, and usually, they just don’t sound right! Over at my regular job,Continue reading “My Book’s on Amazon, now what?”

It’s true if you stop and think about it, someone who takes the time to help on the way, that’s what a ‘Mentor’ is or are they? Think about the great movies, and the role that the ‘Mentor’ plays in them, I’m thinking of Yoda in Star Wars, Obi-Wan Kenobi (or Old Ben Kenobi as we’reContinue reading “Strange things these be!”

Does that sound a strange title? It does to me! but you know something, just as it’s important to listen to certain things, there are also times when it’s really best not to listen! Okay, that doesn’t mean that when the wife or partner is wanting your attention that it’s okay to ‘turn off’, that’sContinue reading “Words not to listen to”

I just read a comment that sparked a thought, something I was struggling with as I tried to think about what to write as a post this morning, and I was pretty stunned by the simplicity of the thought. The thought was pretty basic really. The guy was Hal Elrond, and at the beginning ofContinue reading “Breaking the mold”

Busy lives. We all lead them right? Up early, out the door, sometimes struggling to even get breakfast in. ‘Noses to the grind’ as it were, just not enough time in the day! I’ve got to admit, there have been days when I seriously thought of asking the Good Lord why he didn’t make anContinue reading “Busy Lives”

The last few days, I’ve been reading a few posts by writers who’ve passed some significant ‘milestones’ in their journey as people and writers. It’s caused me to stop and think about some of the ‘milestones’ along the way. Back ‘in the day’ a milestone was just that, a stone put at the side ofContinue reading “‘Milestones’”

“A bad workman ‘allus blames ‘ees tools” That was a favourite saying of my Dad’s, I think it was probably passed down from him from my Granddad, but by the time I was old enough to remember it, it was Dad who used it, and it’s been a saying that’s always stuck with me forContinue reading “The Workman, and his tools”

Last week we talked a little about what I did to find the time to write my first Novel. To me, at the moment it sounds a bit as if I’m ‘blowing my own trumpet’ and I suppose I am, but the real reason I’m writing this way, is to try and show what “thinkingContinue reading “‘Finding the time Part 2’”