Writing

Writing tips and advice from some of indie authors, publishing specialists, marketing professionals, and more.

Apr182017

The Page A Day Writing Challenge and Why It Works

Page A Day ChallengeIt’s been a busy writing year for me and today I wanted to talk about the Page A Day Writing Challenge and how it helped me to write the novel I’d always dreamed of.

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Apr112017

Interview With Author Karen Glista

Author InterviewsToday on my blog I’m delighted to introduce Author Karen Glista. I’m actually reading Karen’s book Embellished at the moment and it’s really good, so I was chuffed when she agreed to take part in my author interview series. I hope you enjoy finding out about Karen and I’ve included her book Embellished and buy links at the bottom of this post.

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Mar282017

Interview with Author Jim Mosquera

Author InterviewsToday I am delighted to have an interview with author Jim Mosquera on my blog. Jim writes thrillers and non-fiction books and I’ll let him tell you all about this below.

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Mar202017

A Visit From Grandma – Visual Verse Publication

Visual Verse March 2017I’m delighted to announce a new publication on Visual Verse. I don’t know if I’ve mentioned it before, but I absolutely love their monthly picture prompts and try my best to take part each month. The aim is to look at the picture and then give yourself 1 hour to write up to 500 words. The picture changes every month and they publish submitted pieces throughout the month so be sure to check back often. I have found that they tend to publish most pieces on a Friday.

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Feb282017

Author Interview with Sarah Dunster

Author InterviewsWelcome to my new Author Interview series. Today I have Sarah Dunster who has kindly agreed to answer my questions. I am hoping that this will be a new weekly feature here on my blog, so be sure to keep an eye out for your favorite author.

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Feb272017

Save Her Soul Coming Soon

Save Her Soul Amanda J EvansYesterday I wrote those words that every writer loves – The End. Yes, that’s right, the writing for Save Her Soul has been completed and four notebooks later the story has been told. My next task is to type up my manuscript before the editing process starts. I’ve really enjoyed writing this story and for those that don’t know, it’s a paranormal romance. The cover has been designed and I love it. I will be offering all my newsletter subscribers a sneak peak at the cover in my March newsletter so if you haven’t subscribed yet, be sure to do it now.

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Feb212017

Publishing Contract and New Book Coming Soon

Publishing DealJust a quick update on the blog today to share some news and let you know what is going on in my writing world.

Last week I started a new feature on the blog called “Freebie Friday”. This is where I will be posting a selection of free books for my readers. These books will either be free or free to read on Kindle Unlimited. I’m hoping it will be a great success. I also want to point out that the free books will not be Instafreebie links where you have to sign up to a newsletter to download the book. These are books that you just click on and read.

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Feb152017

Book Marketing Tips for New Authors

Book Marketing TipsAs you know, I released my first fiction novel on the 31st of January 2017, so I thought it would be a good idea create a post on book marketing tips for new authors. I’ll be honest, writing the book really was the easiest part and learning all about marketing and putting everything into practice can take up a great deal of time. Here’s what I learned from the process.

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Jan232017

Interview with Copywriter and Editor Enda Sheppard

Interview with Enda SheppardI’m delighted to bring you a new interview and today I have the pleasure of introducing Enda Sheppard. Enda is a copywriter and editor and I’ll let him explain more about this in the questions that follow. I am always looking for new people to interview on my blog; authors, editors, freelance writers, etc., so if you’d like to feature, drop me and email and I’ll see what I can do.

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Jan202017

How to Create Advanced Review Copies of Your eBook

Creating ARCs for Your eBook
These past two weeks have been extremely busy for me in the lead-up to the publication of my first fiction book. Finding Forever was a joy to write and it reminded me of why I love to write. Romance is a particular love of mine so being able to create a story that fulfilled this was so important. I have, to be honest, though, writing the book was the easiest part. Marketing and getting my work noticed is proving to be a lot more difficult.

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