Category Archives: On Publishing
New Service: Ask Me Anything
Art by Kathleen Jennings
NEWS FLASH: New Service
I’m trialling a new service from the start of June, which is the Ask Me Anything zoom. You can ask me anything about writing and publishing during a 40 minute zoom call.
The
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What to Do When You Don’t Have a Book Coming Out
Or
What to Expect When You’re Not Expecting
Being a writer may well mean writing all the time (in which case, you’re fortunate), or writing in as much of the day or night as you can steal
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How To Be A Writer
Art by Kathleen Jennings as always
So I was supposed to be answering interview questions, but for some reason I wrote this. Everyone’s experience and advice will be different, but this is mine.[1].
A writer
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Signed copies of Vigil in Brisneyland
Photo by Hachette peeps
So today is the Official Vigil in stores day! As you can see by the celebrating Hachetteers to the left.
I went in to visit with the lovely Pulpsters and what
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Over at the Place of Mark Barnes: On the Importance of Being Edited (and Editing)
Author’s own mess.
The lovely Mr Mark Barnes asked if I’d write a short blog post for him about how important editing is to your work at every stage. I wrote a lot. May contain ranting, but
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Over at The Writing Platform …
… I talk about online presence for writers in Online Presence: Pros, Perils and Possibilities. Thanks to Dr Donna Hancox for the opportunity to opine!
I often hear newer writers (of varying ages) say they want their writing to speak for itself. They’re
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The Writing Life: full-time or part-time?
So, a some weeks ago I sat in the audience at a writing salon (i.e. a few writers who’d already been to the pub beforehand then staggered to a bookstore and talked about writing) and listened to a discussion of how people
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Spectral Book of Horror Stories: Brian Hodge’s Cures for a Sickened World
Mr Brian Hodge is so often one of my ToC buddies nowadays that if I don’t see him in said ToC I get a bit nervous and assume he’s met with an unfortunate accident. I am therefore very pleased to find him in The Spectral Book of Horrors
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Spectral Book of Horrors: Gary McMahon’s Dull Fire
The two main things you need to know about Mr Gary McMahon are that he is disgustingly prolific and disgustingly talented in the creeping-you-out department. Just read The Bones of You, Reaping the Dark, and What They Hear in the Dark and then try sleeping. I dare you.
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Reading Beyond the Book
My very clever friend, Dr Donna Hancox, has an article here today about the changing nature of reader participation and the interactivity of books – which is another way of talking about digital books and the extra add-ons
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