Publication of Asian Shorts The day has dawned for publication. I’ve read through the whole manuscript for the fifth or sixth time, attached the authors’ contact details, assigned page numbers, formatted it and written the blurb for the back cover. I had designed the front cover last month, so ‘Asian Shorts’ will be submitted to …
Pantsing vs Planning a Book Writers, of books and probably other forms of writing, are divided into two kinds: those who write their book as they go, that is, by the seat of their pants – and hence ‘pantsing’ – and those who plan their novel. It is called pantsing vs planning. I didn’t about …
How to Begin Marketing Your Book Online So, you have written your book. That is a great feeling. I remember it well. My first book took me seven years to finish. There it is on your virtual desktop, and then you transfer copies to CreateSpace, Kindle, Lulu, Smashwords and wherever else you might try …
Intellectual Property Theft We all know that intellectual property theft is a big problem, but most of us tend to think first of pirated DVD’s and Asia, or most likely China. I don’t know how fair this is, because for all I know it is a global problem which unscrupulous people in every country …
Critical Book Reviews I write books and buy books and, needless to say, I read books too. However, at the age of 60 , I can honestly say that I have never read any critical book reviews that have influenced my decision whether to buy the book in question or not. As far as I …
Book Reviews I write books and buy books and, needless to say, I read books too. However, at the age of 60 , I can honestly say that I have never read a review that had influenced my decision whether to buy the book in question or not. As far as I know anyway, because …
NaNoWriMo Challenge 2013 Hi, I have entered into the NaNoWriMo 2013 challenge. This is my first time. For those of you who don’t know what NaNoWriMo stands for, it is National Novel Writing Month. It has been going for about twelve years, but I had never heard of NoNoWriMo either. Despite it describing itself as a …
