An opening sentence should be an invitation to your reader to climb into your book and spend time with it. So to kick off 2021, we’re looking for the best opening sentence to an indie book, whether it’s been published or still a WIP. We’ve now closed entries for this month’s competition. All that’s left […]
They say that everyone has a story to tell. Writing your own novel can be a challenging but rewarding experience. And who knows? You could be next summer’s best-selling author Getting started Writing a novel is something that a lot of people want to achieve, but never actually get around to starting, never mind completing. […]
If like me, you’re a self-published author, one of the best ways to reach an audience is to use your blog to promote your book. For that reason, I’ve written this blog post to help you if you have books or ebooks that you want to sell online. Marketing can be a tricky game but […]
You’ve written your self-published book. It’s taken you so long to even get to this point. Endless days and nights of writing, editing, tweaking, rewriting and feeling as if it’s never going to end. And here you are about to press Send and publish it to the world. And then…nothing. Not a sausage. You check […]