The Magic of Marketing
In the world of dreams, a writer often imagines that the bulk of the work is done when the first draft is complete. It’s a persistent...
A Matter of Perspective
If you had a reader sitting in front of you right now, which of the following would you use to open your story with? 1. A nagging worry...
Your Most Valuable Commodity
What’s your most valuable commodity? You may have thought of your house or some appliance or object within it; perhaps you thought of a...
What Resonates With Readers?
What resonates with readers? Fear. No, I don’t mean that you all have to rush off and write horror novels - though I know one famous...
Build Your Own Ocean
Have you reached a point with your activities as a writer where you now have written your novel and have even perhaps posted it online -...
Effective Selling
What would you need in order to be able to effectively ‘sell’ something to others? Self-evidently, perhaps, you would need some...
'Once Upon a Time...'
’Once upon a time…’ Whenever a story-teller says those words, what happens in the minds of his or her audience? A story-teller is a...
The Components of a Successful Story
A great story begins with an idea. With foresight, an author who is going to be successful might glimpse the satisfaction that...
