

Readers Are Your Employers
Think of readers as your employers for a moment. They have a job that they need doing. They’ve (potentially) turned to you to do it. ...


Changing Views of the World: C. S. Lewis and Owen Barfield
As discussed in an earlier blog entry , C. S. Lewis’s last book, The Discarded Image , introduces modern readers to the now-largely-lost...


The Darkening of Comics
’Initially, Watchmen gained a lot of its readership because it was taking an unusual look at superheroes, but actually it was more about...


Core Needs
In your work, you must have some kind of idea of what you are offering to the public, even if you are still in the planning stage. You...


Becoming a Truly Successful Fiction Writer
To be a truly successful fiction writer, attracting readers must happen on every page of your work - ideally, with every line. Over the...


The Process and Action of Reading
Something that we take for granted, something that you are doing right now, is the process and action of reading. The word comes from...


Owen Barfield and 'Original Participation'
(Some of this blog article is drawn from the blog of Father Stephen Freeman, an Orthodox priest in the United States, whose continuing...


The Strand of Goodness in C. S. Lewis
There’s a strand running through Lewis which observers and critics put down to his Christianity but which can be seen in other terms, at...


Independently Publishing Your Book
Independently publishing your book can be a daunting process, but there is hope. Of all the data and requirements you’re bombarded with,...

