I’ve been asked a few times now about those neat little pop-up icons which appear at the bottom of each of my posts, which allow you to send a link to particular blog posts of mine out into the wider web. First of all: they’re very easy to use. If you want to tweet a…
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Last Call: Authors For Japan
You have just one day left to get your bids in on the Authors For Japan auctions. It’s for a fabulous cause; there are some incredibly good things on offer over there; and right now they’re going for bargain-prices. Just look at what’s on offer: Manuscript assessment Mentoring Story development brainstorming Have a character named…
Authors For Japan
What are you doing here? You should be looking at Authors For Japan right now where some of the best reading-and-writing packages I’ve ever seen in a charity auction are up for grabs right now. You want Nicola Morgan to critique your opening chapter? Put in a bid! You want a signed proof copy of…
New Clothes!
Oh, look! I’ve changed. I was bored with the old look (which I never liked very much) and hope this new colour-scheme will make us all feel a little more spring-like. Let me know if you find this new arrangement difficult to read, or if you’ve noticed any hiccups anywhere. Or if you think it’s…
Festival Of Writing, York
This year, the Festival of Writing at the University of York runs from Friday 25 March to Sunday 27, with an optional hangover morning on Monday 28. Be there or be square and heckle Nicola Morgan and me: we’re each running workshops and would love to meet you. I think Nicola’s sessions are sold out…
I’m Moving!
No, I’m not moving house; and this blog is staying exactly where it is. What’s moving is my littler blog, The Self-Publishing Review, which today is moving from Blogger, here, to WordPress, here. Please change your bookmarks if you follow it (here are instructions for following a non-Blogger site on your Blogger dashboard); if you…
Talkback Bites Back!
I used to regularly join in with some of the discussions on Talkback, the message board of Writers’ News and Writing magazine: but earlier this year, a thread I began there about a reputable charity auction attracted several negative comments (I’m afraid you’ll need to be a member there to gain access to most of…
Let’s Learn About Copyright: Get Blogging!
Some of you might have noticed (ha!) that last week I blogged about the Cooks Source copyright infringement story and suddenly, the number of visitors to this site has soared. I usually get between 300 and 800 hits on any single day; and until last week, my highest-ever number of hits was around 1,200 when…
Do You Use SpamArrest? Don’t Involve Me!
I know we all have to protect ourselves from spammy emails and phishing scams but please: if you subscribe to my blog, its comments, or anything else related to me puh-LEASE do not involve me in your complicated spam-filtering schemes. Over the last few days I have received tens of emails generated by sites like…
Don’t Forget To Listen To ME!
As if you didn’t know already, I’ll be taking part in the live (gulp!) radio programme The Write Lines between nine and ten o’clock tonight, staring in a bit of a fan-girl way at all the other guests. Enjoying the canapes and the excellent chocolate brownies will be Nick Harkaway, who wrote the brilliant The Gone-away…
Hurrah! I’m Back!
Many, many apologies for my long silence. I’ve been having a little trouble with an over-attentive blog-follower, but I learned about half an hour ago that he has now been dealt with. So here I am, ready to have opinions once more. Now: where were we? And where did I leave the chocolate?
The Edinburgh International Book Festival
I’m going to be talking at the Edinburgh International Book Festival this year, on Wednesday 25th August. I’ll be sharing the stage with Keith Charters, managing director of Strident Publishing, and we’ll be discussing how writers can make the most of the publishing opportunities open to them. We’ll be discussing such delights as rights reversions,…
Following On Blogger
I’ve received a few emails over the last couple of weeks from readers who were used to following my old Blogger blog from within their own Blogger dashboards, and who now can’t tell when I’ve posted something new here because there’s no “Follow” widget on my new site. If you come into this category, and…
Comments Are Missing
I’ve moved all of my lovely old blog into this nice shiny new one, but there’s a whole slew of posts which seem to have lost their comments in the move. And now my internet connection is wilting again. I’ll sort it all out early next week (I think I know what to do…) but…
Hang On To Your Hats!
Some posts should be arriving here soon from my old Blogger address. Meanwhile make yourselves at home, try out the furniture, and let me know what still needs sorting out. And wipe your feet before you come in or I’ll have a hissy fit.
How Publishing Really Works is powered by Headway
Just in case anyone is wondering, I’ve designed this website using the Headway WordPress theme, which you can find here. I have no coding ability, and built everything using Headway’s very simple-to-use Visual Editor. If you can drag-and-drop, you can use Headway. If you prefer to code, you can use Headway. It’s very easy, and…
I’m getting there….
I’m going to transport my orignal blog here very soon, but for now you’ll have to visit it over at its original home on Blogger. Click on this link and the magic of the internet will take you straight there. Meanwhile, as you’re here, take a look around. This website is still very much a work-in-progress…
Now Charlie Needs Our Help
Now that we’ve found Brenda Carter, we need to find someone else. Someone who could offer Charlie a lovely new home. Charlie is an eight-year-old neutered male cat, who looks to me as though he contains a fair amount of Maine Coon heritage, and here he is in his sex-kitten pose. Charlie is sociable, happy,…
While I'm Away…
…you could be writing. You could let me know how much you’ve written, if you liked (I’ve written two articles this week, a handful of rough blog posts, and about 3,000 words of fiction, none of which are on my computer yet). And if you spot any interesting publishing-related articles or blog posts, please post…