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Tag Archives: writingtips
I don’t know the answer, I barely understand the question: Indie October guest post by Andy Hill
Do you wander around a first world town centre, bemused at how the general population manages to exist even as a rudimentary civilisation? Ever stared out of an aeroplane at the houses, roads and train tracks below, knowing full well … Continue reading
Posted in amreading, amwriting, dystopia, fantasy, humour, indie writers, indieoctober, indiewriter, opinion, pointless things of wonderfulness, rant, writes, writing
Tagged funstuff, humanity, humour, indie, indie publishing, indiebooks, indiewriter, opinion, thoughts, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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Blurbing: Reduxed
Way back in December last year, a month or so before ‘A Spider In the Eye’ was released I made a post about blurbing. The art of writing a blurb for the back of a paperback. I was having a … Continue reading
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Tagged indie, indie publishing, indiebooks, indienovels, indiewriter, steampunk, writer, writers, writerslife, writing, writingtips
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Fiscal realities of publishing… and the pursuit of happiness…
‘If everything you do and everything you are is in pursuit of money, then you are already bankrupt.’ ~ Cake, Ink, Collective. Several things have happened in the last few days to inspire this post. It is a … Continue reading
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Hopeless Maine extras
Originally posted on The Hopeless Vendetta:
Let’s start with some technical details. It takes about six months of Tom working full time to draw a Hopeless Maine graphic novel. On top of this, I do about 2 hours of work…
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Book Lovers Day 2019
As I said last year, normally hate overly twee things like this… But I make an exception when it comes to books. So on the off chance, anyone doesn’t have a book to love here are a few recommendations from … Continue reading
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The Good, The Bad, And the Just Plain Ugly: Amazon Reviews…
Amazon reviews, like it or not, are the lifeblood of the indie author. There is sadly no way of getting away from this. It is also why there is so much grief caused by them, and the occasional bout of … Continue reading
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Creative Connections…
A few years back I did a series of posts that offered advice to those considering self-publishing. You can find them still if your interest in the Publishing and Writing section at the top of the page, as 90% of … Continue reading
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The Harvey Duckman Experience
The bulk of this post is a reblog from Sixth Element publishing’s website. Hence the disclaimer below. I do however heartily encourage any published or unpublished indie writer of Horror, Scifi, fantasy or Steampunk who would be interested in having … Continue reading
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The page count dichotomy…
In the past, I’ve written a fair few mini guides for indie writers looking to self publish. One way to sum up these posts would be to call them ‘the list of things I have done wrong then had to … Continue reading
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