The bits at the ends, prologues and epilogues

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Prologues and Epilogues. Yes or no? The simple answer is, it depends. I realise that’s not a proper answer and I know that there are some who will … Continued

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The first bite is with the eye. Author Branding.

Welcome back to the second of my posts on marketing. This time, we’re looking at one of the most important things you can do to improve your visibility. Branding is the art of establishing a connection between everything that you … Continued

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Cutting out the Deadwood.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. Let’s talk about book descriptions. Do you write yours before or after you write the story? I’d rather we didn’t mention book descriptions. They are the bane of … Continued

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The Great Marketing Time-suck

When I first started putting the pictures in my head down in words, I never dreamed that I would end up spending more time on marketing than I would on writing. Over the next few posts, I’ll be passing on … Continued

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It’s time, for action.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. They’re making an action figure of you. Describe the toy and accessories. (Do you have a catch phrase? Favorite items, clothes, hair style?) Now there’s an idea. In … Continued

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What do you see? Part Two

As I said before, I always find it interesting to see what people put in their reviews. So I was particularly pleased to get this incredibly detailed review/critique of my novel Survive. Once again, there are things that the reviewer … Continued

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We’re all a little bit crazy here.

Welcome back to another blog hop, with #OpenBook. Here’s this week’s prompt. What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done in the name of research? Possibly, that would be my choice of career? Without it, even though I didn’t know at … Continued

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What do you see?

I always find it interesting to see what people put in their reviews. It seems that they find things in what I’ve written that I hadn’t thought of, connections and meanings that never occurred to me when I was writing. … Continued

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