It’s my birthday today – 21 again (I wish!) – and to celebrate I am giving away the Kindle version of my book The Boy From Hell for one day only. Click here to get your copy! When you publish a book on Kindle you have the option of joining the Kindle Select programme. There …
If you’re a published author with a book available from Amazon – whether it’s in print or digital format – you could be missing a trick if you aren’t using Author Central. Author Central is a neat little feature that not everyone knows about – but it gives you a bigger profile on Amazon and …
Quite often people tell me they would love to write a book – but they don’t think they’ve got anything to say, or they don’t think other people will be interested in reading it. When it comes down to it, what they’re really saying – even if they wouldn’t want to admit it to themselves …
Last year I and five other brave souls put our goals for the year “out there” to make us accountable. My goals were: In 2013 … 1. I want to finish and publish my book about raising a child with ADHD 2. I want to develop and run some blogging workshops 3. I want to grow the consultancy/training part …
For many aspiring authors, writing a book is the conclusion of a life-long dream. Many of us first dreamed of becoming writers when we were children, because we wanted to emulate our heroes – Enid Blyton in my case, perhaps JK Rowling for the younger generation. And when we finally find the time, the place, …
A few weeks ago I introduced you to Flipboard, the iPad tool that pulls together various articles on a theme into “magazines”. Well today I’ve discovered another new tool that actually lets you create an online magazine from scratch … Glossi uses a drag-and-drop interface to let you add text, images and even video to a …
Many people I talk to say they want to write a book – but they don’t know WHAT they want to write a book about! They have a burning desire to be an author but they just can’t work out what it is they want to write. But you know, it’s really not that complicated …
So you probably know that I wrote and published my first book earlier this year. I’m often asked how it’s doing and the answer is …. pretty well, actually. The book has sold over 400 copies, brings in around £150 a month in royalties and has 24 reviews on Amazon UK, 22 of which are five star! …
Over the weekend a strange thing happened. I received an anonymous banker’s draft for quite a large sum of money. No identifying information, no name, no compliments slip – no way of identifying who it was from. At first I decided I must have a mysterious benefactor who wanted to give me a bit of …
This week I wanted to give you a quick heads up about another cool app for iOS and Android devices – Flipboard. This is a tool that helps you find information on the subjects that interest you, and it’s great for reading all the latest news on film releases/art journalling/cricket/insert random hobby here in one place. …
