An interview with Ian Sutherland on writing Taking Up Serpents, his second thriller novel and how he overcame ‘second novel syndrome’.
Continue readingA case study showing the redesign of two crime thriller book covers to make them far more appealing to a much wider audience.
Continue readingHere’s 7 things you probably don’t know about me as a writer. Whether you want to know is another question!
Continue readingI’d like to share the guest blog post I recently wrote for The Alliance of Independent Authors [ALLi]. It went up on July 18th… When I first decided to become a published author, I bought a copy of Writers’ and Artists’ Yearbook and The Writer’s Handbook. The year was 1999. I still have them. I resolved to purchase […]
Continue readingThe pros and cons of Wattpad for the yet-to-be-published author
Continue readingFor the unpublished author truly serious about publishing their first novel (the category I fall into at the time of writing this), is posting some or all of your yet-to-be-published work on Wattpad a good idea? And what are the downsides?
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