How to Write Your Author Prospectus Part 12
Okay, so let’s say that you have been carefully following this series on writing an Author Prospectus and have thoroughly done every...
How to Write Your Author Prospectus Part 11
What follows are only rough estimates: precise figures will vary from author to author, genre to genre, circumstance to circumstance. But...
How to Write Your Author Prospectus Part 9
What are you actually going for with your writing? It’s a blunt question, but if you can answer it you’re at the heart of the Author...
How to Write Your Author Prospectus Part 8
Earlier in this series we took a look at who your readers might be and tried to nail down some details, including their age, gender, and...
Some Thoughts on Ego
Six days in a hospital ward being treated for a near-fatal illness taught me a few things, and the most major ones were completely...
How to Write Your Author Prospectus Part 7
We’re approaching the business of writing as though it were a business, expected to generate a profit for you, the writer. You can, of...
Dealing with Stress, Part 6
The human mind was made to compute answers for the human being, and most of the time it does a pretty good job for most people. When...
Dealing with Stress, Part 5
Stress is defined normally as ‘a state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or demanding circumstances.’ We’re...