Does a writer need to have enjoyed a 100% success rate when querying editors in order to teach others how to query? Hopefully not!
Read MoreThe Journalist's Toolkit: From Inspiration to Publication
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Query letters that worked
Book review: Query letters that worked
This is an interesting book whose title under-promises and over-delivers.
Read MoreLists: Bullets or numbers?
When should you use bullet points, and when numbers? Read on to find out.
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Foreword, Preface or Introduction?
Do you know the difference between a Foreword, a Preface and an Introduction? I didn't either until I found an excellent article on the web.
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Freelancing is not a bed of roses
All freelance writing success is a mixture of luck and hard work -- especially hard work. I came across a good article by travel blogger Rachel Jones about what's involved.
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Comprehensive data on your Kindle book sales
A quick look at Book Report
Here's a handy tool for analysing your Kindle ebook sales.
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High Street Kensington: more than just a station. Come out of the station, turn left, and it's a nice walk or short bus ride to Olympia, where #LBF17 was held. Photo by Terry Freedman 2017
London Book Fair 2017 Bulletin #3
What I learnt on the last day of the London Book Fair 2017.
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The London Book Fair 2017 Photo by Terry Freedman
London Book Fair 2017 Bulletin #2: Nothing is ever wasted
Imagine ditching 20,000 words of your novel! Insights from Rosanna Ley, Cally Taylor, Gabriel Mercer, Jessica Bell and others.
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The London Book Fair 2017: vibrant as always. Photo by Terry Freedman 2017.
London Book Fair 2017 Bulletin #1
The London Book Fair is on this week. If you're a self-published author, or hoping to be, here are three seminars you may wish to attend today. They are concerned with self-publishing, research and copyright issues, and the creative writing process.
Read MoreThe What Works Education Conference at the London Book Fair
Alongside the London Book Fair is the What Works education conference. As you may have surmised from its proximity to the LBF, it focuses on educational publishing.
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With apologies to Edvard Munch
5 Ways to guard against losing your work UPDATED
What could be worse than losing all of your carefully crafted work? Here are 5 ways to protect yourself against that happening.
Read MoreWhat I use for writing: a review of the Kindle Fire
I recently purchased a KIndle Fire so I could write while travelling and in cafes. So what I do I think of it?
Read MoreWriting and maps: some ideas
How might writers make use of maps to convey information (besides geographical information)?
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It's great for authors too. Photo by Aliis Sinisalu CC0 1.0
Why I like Amazon part 2: as an author
This second article in my micro-series "Why I like Amazon". This time, from the point of view of being an author.
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A packed seminar at the London Book Fair 2016
London Book Fair 2017: Registration now open
The registration desks for the London Book Fair 2017 are now open! In this article I discuss what I get out of it, and why I go every year -- and how that relates to my recent foray into Kindle self-publishing. And details of the Fair itself of course!
Read MoreA return to self-publishing
I've just published my first Kindle book. Here are a few brief reflections.
Read More7 useful features of a Kindle
I love my Kindle, and there are 7 features of it that I find exceedingly useful. Here they are.
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Photo by Alan
A brief review of the Electric Speed newsletter
A quick heads-up about a newsletter I find quite useful, and mention of a couple of books.
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Keep at it! Photo by Fabian Irsara
5 ways that blogging can help your writing business
It's hard enough writing for money, but writing for nothing, on your own blog? It sounds silly, but it can actually be a very worthwhile investment of time.
Read MoreCheck the readability of your writing
Check the readbility of your writing with this free online tool.
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