Book Promotion: Lateral Thinking with Movie Opportunity
It's always worth looking for events in the public eye that are relevant to your books and which may therefore…
Writing: How to Find Guest Authors for Non-Fiction Book Forewords
A foreword by a well-known author will add credibility and value to any self-published non-fiction book. Obtaining one may not…
Why I Write What I Write
Estonian author Tina Tamman describes how her BBC career inspired her to write and ultimately self-publish biographies of key players…
Opinion: Show, Don’t Sell – by Lucienne Boyce
How successful was your last author event - and how did you measure its success? British self-published author Lucienne Boyce,…
How I Do It: with Joe Simpson
It is a pleasure to put the "How I Do It" spotlight this week on Joe Simpson, the mountaineer whose…
The Advantages of Self-Publishing for Non-Fiction
"Today is the best time to be an author, especially of non-fiction," says Amy Shojai, certified animal behaviour consultant and…
Writing: How To Turn Your Life Into A Novel
Helena Halme, Finnish author of three self-published novels, offers excellent advice on how to turn fact into fiction effectively, drawing on her own experience of writing The Englishman.
Writing Memoirs: Telling The Ugly Truth in a Beautiful Way
Self-publishing a memoir provided Elaine Pereira with an instinctive way of coping with the loss of her mother to Alzheimer's-related…
How to Index A Self-Published Non-Fiction Book – A Beginner’s Guide by Joanne Phillips
Professional indexer and successful self-published novelist Joanne Phillips provides an easy-to-follow guide to compiling an index for a self-published non-fiction…
It’s Fiction, People! A Novelist’s View On Reactions To Writing
How much of what a novelist writes is autobiographical? Conversely, if a non-fiction writer changes the names and circumstantial detail…