Blog Hopping, Giving up, Giving In.

What one thing would you give up to become a better writer? What? I need to quit one of my vices? Which one? Coffee, going out for lunch with my wife, fish and chips, cream teas, watching my DVD collection … Continued

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Blog Hopping. To Market, to Market…

We’ve touched on this in the past, but it bears repeating. What’s the best way to market your books? This is an interesting subject. In the nearly seven years that I’ve been self-published, I’ve tried all sorts of ways to … Continued

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Blog Hopping. How long…, has this been going on?

With apologies to Paul Carrack. Welcome to another BlogHop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. How many hours a day do you write? How long on average does it take you to write a book? Before we begin, I had … Continued

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Blog Hopping. Who’s your friend?

Welcome to another BlogHop, with #OpenBook, here’s this week’s prompt. As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal? Another interesting prompt, at first I thought that I wouldn’t join in this week, as I couldn’t really visualise … Continued

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Blog Hopping, to Google or not?

Welcome to another BlogHop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do you Google yourself? Before we begin, I’m afraid that this will only be a short post; I’m currently engaged in the annual novel writing challenge that is NaNoWriMo. More … Continued

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Blog Hopping, a different kind of block.

Welcome to another BlogHop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. We’ve talked about writer’s block. Have you ever gotten reader’s block? To be a writer, you have to love reading and read a lot. Not just before you write, but … Continued

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Blog Hopping; Give them what they want.

It’s time for another BlogHop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Do you try more to be original or to deliver to readers what they want? Hopefully, what readers want is originality; or at least a different way of looking … Continued

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Blog Hopping, How do YOU do it?

Here’s this week’s prompt, in association with #OpenBook What is your preferred method of writing? (By hand, on a computer, dictate it?) It’s a keyboard for me, every time. Over the years, I’ve tried writing in a notebook but my … Continued

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