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Dealing with Criticism as an Author

First an analogy to help understand why dealing with criticism as an author is important: Writing a book is like having a baby. You’ve spent years getting your…

Book Cover Design: How to Make a Book Cover

Good Book Cover Design is Vital The book cover design is one of the most critical factors in a book’s success. There are only really three things that…

How to Become a Spy

First Things First The most important qualification to become a spy The first thing is you must realise if you are going to become a spy is that…

Questions and Answers

What are you working on? I’m currently proofreading my novel A Kill in the Morning. It’s very exciting because it’s my last chance to make sure the novel is 100% right…

How to Self Publish on Kindle in Three Easy Steps

If you’ve decided to self-publish your novel, book or short story, then the easiest way is to self publish on Kindle and Amazon’s website using Kindle Direct Publishing…

Manuscript format: get your novel ready for submission

Aspiring authors often seem to think that manuscript format isn’t that important when they submit their novel to agencies and publishers. They couldn’t be more wrong. But surely…

Literary Contracts: A Guide for New Authors

When I sold A Kill in the Morning, to Transworld Books, I knew almost nothing about publishers, agents or all the specialised terms used in my literary contract,…

Novel Writing Software: the tools you really need

If you are going to write a novel, you need novel writing software. Unless you’re one of those crazy people who write in crayon. But then you wouldn’t be…

Creating an Irresistible Elevator Pitch

So, you’re wondering if you need an elevator pitch, huh? Here’s an anecdote that explains what happens if you don’t have one: Imagine you are at a party….

High Concept: How to Discover a Blockbuster

Thinking of great high concept is hard – otherwise everyone would do it! Even though it’s difficult, it’s not impossible, and I’ve got some tricks to help you…