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Writing What is Hot to Sell More Books

When I first started writing, one of the key things I was always told is, write what you know. This, to me, was common sense. It is surely better to write about things, or locations you know, twisting and tweaking them into different places, but using the same base. Sure, you research and expand your […]

Writing What is Hot

When I first started writing, one of the key things I was always told is, write what you know. This, to me, was common sense. It is surely better to write about things, or locations you know, twisting and tweaking them into different places, but using the same base. Sure, you research and expand your […]

Weekly Writing Wrap-up 08-02-15

The first week of February passed by like a flash. I really don’t know where the days went. I mean that. If I think back it is like they did not exist. I had a very mixed week, on all fronts. I started, finished and published a new erotic short story under my pen name. […]

Guest Post: The Horror in Crime Fiction

It is my pleasure to introduce my first guest author of the year, Sharon A Crawford to my blog. She has a very interesting post to share with you all today, discussing horror, and how it can be used in crime fiction. Don’t forget to check out her blog and pay her some love via […]

Keeping it Real with Joke Culture

I have no idea if this is a real term or not, but I heard it used by a customer of mine, while we were chatting about the lifestyle differences between England and Holland, and it stuck with me. I cannot think of a better term to describe it, so we will run with it […]

Newsletters, Mailing Lists and Author Self Promotion

I have been giving a lot of thought recently to how I can look to expand my reach. To be quite frank, I am not living up to my potential. I do not say this in an attempt to sound pretentious or anything of such high-headed ilk, but on a much lower level. I have […]

Authors Supporting Our Troops Need Soldiers! #ASOT2015

Originally posted on Armand Rosamilia:
I am amazed at all of the authors asking the information about donating signed books to the Authors Supporting Our Troops event, as well as non-authors wanting to donate money to help with the massive shipping costs. You can find out everything you need to know Here. With the goal…

Weekly Writing Wrap-up 31-01-2015

It is that time of the week again. On top of that, it is the end of the month. This is exciting for me, because it marks the end of the first month of my new way of working. Has it been a success, or is it to become another screwed up ball of paper […]

Spending Less Time on Facebook Has Proven to be a Double Edged Sword

Since the start of the year I have been making a conscious effort to spend less time on Facebook. Straight away, from January 1st, I closed my nearly constant second tab on my internet browser. I no longer open Facebook … Continue reading →

Guest Alex Laybourne gives us the dirt on writing his novels

Originally posted on Sharon A. Crawford author:
Alex Laybourne horror novelist Today I welcome guest Alex Laybourne a prolific horror novelist (four novels published). Alex discusses the difficulties authors have nailing down how they write their novels. He has some…