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March 11, 2015
New book launch – learning from past mistakes
Last week I wrote of my rather haphazard view of book launching for my first two novels: ‘The tale of a new writer – Planning (or not) for a book launch’. I have to admit it was less a launch plan and more ‘launch and hope’, not a good strategy. So here’s what I’m doing … Continue Reading →
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March 4, 2015
A new writer – Planning (or not) for a book launch
When I started my first novel it was with the intention of seeing if I could do it, could I actually write a book. I’d talked about it, I had the story and due to changes in my working life I had the time. Therefore, on top of everything else I had, I now had … Continue Reading →
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February 25, 2015
Writers and the dilemma of social media
Last week’s blog ‘The responsibilities of the self-published author‘ seems to have resonated with many people. One of the things I touched on briefly was social media if only in that you still see people on twitter doing the ‘buy my book, buy my book, buy my book’ thing, which always perplexes me because the more … Continue Reading →
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February 18, 2015
The responsibilities of a self-publishing author
In the last few years self-publishing has gone from being thought of as only something for the unpublishable (and by definition second class) to being a real choice for new authors. It is so easy to format and produce quality e-books that anyone can do it and if you’re still worried about the technical side … Continue Reading →
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February 5, 2015
Money, money, will it be a rich man’s world?
In my recent blogs on technology I’ve been looking at how it affects me directly. However to move it up a notch or two, one thing it is doing is propelling us towards a truly global economy. Now, back to the personal, I can buy anything I want from almost anywhere in the world. Most of … Continue Reading →
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February 4, 2015
Free Download – ‘A Companion to the Future’
When I looked back at my blogs on science and science fiction it made me realise how much effort I had put in to considering what is happening in the world and where that might be taking us. Also, how much exploring these subjects has helped me in my writing and in how I think … Continue Reading →
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January 28, 2015
Is technology freeing us or restricting us – part 3)
For the last two weeks I’ve had a bit of a rant about how technology, rather than saving me time, is actually wasting my time. So for this final (I promise) blog on the subject I think I should redress the balance. So I started by reminding myself just how mind bogglingly far it has … Continue Reading →
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January 21, 2015
Is technology freeing us or wasting out time – part 2
OK last week I seem to have had a bit of a post-holiday rant about technology and how much time it’s wasting me rather than, as advertised, saving me. And no I can’t see how I would live my life without the good old pc, web, internet etc. etc. Even as I write I’m checking … Continue Reading →
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January 13, 2015
Is technology freeing us or wasting our time?
I am old enough to remember when everyone didn’t have a computer. When keeping touch meant talking on the phone, or writing a letter, or actually meeting people (yes I know!). Also entertainment was three TV channels or the radio, or a board game. Don’t get me wrong I’m not a closet Luddite wishing to … Continue Reading →
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January 7, 2015
A writer’s resolutions for 2015
OK I did this last year and it was only at the end of 2014 that I looked back at what I’d set myself. So maybe one resolution should be to review my resolutions more often. Keep my workspace tidy Last year I had ‘organise my work space’. I did that. I even treated myself … Continue Reading →
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