Editing, FTW. And Winning…FTW!
February 3, 2010 in Uncategorized
I’m in the process of editing my novel “Turning Left at Albuquerque” at the moment, which is a job I have long put off. I did some initial editing last [...]
February 3, 2010 in Uncategorized
I’m in the process of editing my novel “Turning Left at Albuquerque” at the moment, which is a job I have long put off. I did some initial editing last [...]
January 13, 2010 in Uncategorized
I’m a big fan of Querytracker.net. It makes the business of keeping track of the queries you send out actually manageable. There is also the querytracker.net blog which has a [...]
December 8, 2009 in Uncategorized
Sometimes you need it spelled out…
I’ve been doing much soul-searching (some might call it navel-gazing) recently and trying to really get to grips with what being a writer means. Focus, [...]
October 27, 2009 in Uncategorized
So, last night I upgraded WordPress to the latest version. If you run WordPress you need to keep it updated because if you don’t you leave yourself open to security [...]
September 30, 2009 in Uncategorized
In Part 1 I looked at the query letter business. You probably feel it is the work of the devil while you’re writing it, worrying about it and working out what [...]
August 30, 2009 in Uncategorized
Well, it’s been an exciting time!
“Query Letters Part 2: What Agents Say They Want” will be up in the next week or so but you’ll have to forgive the delay. [...]
August 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
AlwaysGoRight.com reviews “Turning Left at Albuquerque”
Since first starting to podcast “Turning Left…” as an audiobook I’ve received some very encouraging emails and comments. A few weeks ago* the audiobook podcast [...]
June 10, 2009 in Uncategorized
Some might say it’s cruel and unusual and I’m not in the mood to disagree. I have been battling – and I mean battling - with my query letter for [...]
June 2, 2009 in Uncategorized
It seems easy at the start
One day you wake up and think “I’m going to write a book/poem/short story…” and off you toddle to your computer (I know some people [...]
May 25, 2009 in Uncategorized
First off – what is Social Media?
The quick definition is “Social media are primarily Internet-based tools for sharing and discussing information among human beings.” (from Wikipedia). So if you use [...]