This is a subject that has been bugging me a lot. As a writer I see loads of targeted adverts for marketing courses, Facebook ad courses and mailing list building courses designed to help an author build their platform. Each of these courses comes with (for me) a pretty hefty price tag (between $600-2000 for some). […]
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Hello from my desk of despair…only kidding.I’m not really in despair…at least I don’t think I am. In any case, how are you this week? If you live in the UK or US are you enjoying these winter months? More importantly did you enjoy Valentine’s Day? No, me neither. Personally I think it’s a complete […]
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This post is written in support of #Timetotalk day an initiative run by Time to Change.org LISTEN TO THE AUDIO BELOW TAP TO LISTEN lorem ipsum dolor How can writing help you?Writing has always been good for our overall mental health. It helps us to formalise our thoughts and express ourselves in a way that […]
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Twitter is a fantastic social media tool. Anyone can use it and you don’t have to be an IT guru or SEO whizz in order to get your voice or business heard in an increasingly crowded forum. However social media brings its own level of responsibility and internal monologue checks. In the past several years […]
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The writers wall is something I made up last month when I got stuck on the 3rd draft of one of my novels. Despite hours of writing, research, note taking and re-writing, I couldn’t get past the third chapter. It was a slightly odd feeling for me. Usually when I get stuck I just shrug […]
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