Mark O'Neill's Blog, page 7
September 21, 2022
Deciding on the reader freebie
Nobody is going to hand over their private email address without something enticing in return.
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September 20, 2022
Building an author mailing list
An author email list is essential to owning your fans on webspace that you control.
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Delving deeper into the book writing process
When learning how to write, it pays to study the great writers in your genre.
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March 19, 2022
Building a self-publishing company #1 – Building the brand
When I decided to become a self-published author in 2017, I knew I needed to create a publishing imprint in order to look more professional. After all, nothing screams “amateur!” more than your own name listed as the publisher. Little did I know how little I knew in order to set it all up. Mistakes […]
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October 17, 2021
My English Grammar Mistakes Checklist – The Definitive Edition
As an editor, I often come across a lot of frequent English grammar mistakes that irritate the hell out of me. I’m a bit fanatical about good grammar. That annoys some people, but I love the English language and that’s what makes me a good editor, I think — the fact I’m prepared to get […]
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October 12, 2021
Look who’s coming for Christmas….
I promise you, it’ll be worth the wait since the last book!
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May 23, 2020
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April 9, 2020
The audiobook version of “The Renegade Spy”
The world now seems to be in three separate camps – those who prefer their books in print, those who want them as eBooks, and those who want the audiobook. For the last few months, I have been trying to satisfy the audiobook crowd. I have never really loved audiobooks myself. I prefer to read […]
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February 4, 2020
Writing a Series
I got some T-shirts made the other day with the Department 89 team on them. This led to a discussion on Facebook with an indie author friend about writing a series with a recurring set of characters. She said she couldn’t wrap her head around the idea of writing a series with the same characters […]
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