
6 Reasons Why Writers Love Twitter
Whats all the fuss about? I'll tell you... 1. They love to play the synonym game. How to make a long sentence short to meet the 140...

Nailing the first 5 pages
Writers have to nail the 1st twenty-five pages of the book. Preferably the 1st 5. Agents and publishers only read those pages. Amazon...

The Decline of Ebooks – NOT
Coming out of the London Book Fair in 2017 was a series of smug articles about the decline of ebooks. Print Is Back, headlines trumpeted....


What Are Book Apps and Why Aren’t They Getting More Attention?
At the London Book Fair I dropped a fair amount of loose change to attend a one-day workshop on new technologies in publishing. Seminars...


The Emergence of a New Genre: Why Young Adult and Why Now?
If you’re under 25 you probably think that the genre called Young Adult has been with us since forever. But it’s actually pretty new...

Make Your Instagram POP!
In this day and age, social media is everywhere...
This has created an ever increasing number of people that have risen to social media ‘fa

Promote Your Novel Online
Developing your social brand (that’s right, you are now a brand) is tough at first. That’s because the trick to building up your online pres


2016 In Review
Last year was a roller coaster, but for bookworms it was the perfect time to get cosy and read, to zone out and escape into endless stories.