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Writing a non-fiction story is like cracking a safe. It seems impossible at the beginning, but once you're in, you're in.’ Rich Cohen ...

We write and write and write, and then someone asks the dreaded question… ‘so what is your book about?’ ​What happens? You stammer and...

"We are all part of the old stories; whether we know the stories or not, the old stories know about us." Leslie Marmon Silko Below in...

As I faced the prospect of retrenchment a year ago, I spent some time with my friend Google, searching his pages for direction to my...

Write your Book' the post read. 'Join us on a writing retreat on the beautiful Greek Island of Lesvos’. I had in fact written a book,...

Francine Beaton writes romance novels. We asked to help us out by sharing some of the lessons she has learned. ​As a self-publishing...

What books have been important to you in your life? Which books do you keep on your shelf, no matter how many times you move and box and...

People are devouring books in lockdown and stories that capture imaginations are rising. We did a talk recently on what books are being...

We are all stuck at home. Life is slower and smaller. Is this not the place all writers want to find? A quiet, empty place to allow the...

Writing your own story is sometimes not an option - it is something you have to do. I'd Iike you to do it well. These tips are to take...

If you have done all the long and hard work writing and polishing your book, it’s time to press play. If you want to get a publishing...

I have come to believe that life offers us some heroic stories that can form and shape us into better people. The bad news is, seldom are...

When is it a good time to share your story? And..... should you share it at all? ​ I always encourage writer to WRITE their stories....

I have just finished writing my 11th book in 15 years (three are my own books and the other eight I ghostwrote for clients over the last...

Author blog? Author brand? Do you even need one? I can answer this in one simple word. Yes. Oh yes! If you are writing any form of...

You want to write a book and your brain goes. …PING! ‘I will start with a children’s book’. Enid Blyton did it. Who hasn’t read...

South African authors have drawn a short straw from Amazon for years as we have been unable to link a bank account for royalty payments. ...

I want to first disqualify myself by saying I have not had Covid-19. At least not that I know of. Or not yet. But I have ‘had’ cancer. In...

Kelly Alder's memoir TheFourteenth Wife is a tale of self-discovery and an insider view of a polygamous tribal 'family'. She wrote it...

There is no right or wrong way to write a book, but after working with writers for over 15 years to get them published, I do have some...