Writers need to get serious about the business of authorship. (Editor’s Note: I’ve attended the London Book Fair for a few years now, but I wrote this in 2017, which was the first time I attended. All the advice I give still stands.) I attended the London Book Fair, an annual industry event that sees […]
Books and Publishing
3 Game-Changing Strategies For Finishing Your Book
Stuck in the middle? Here’s how to finish your book without burning out, flaking out, or rewriting the first chapter forever. My first novel took seven years to write. This is something I wore as a badge of honor as I was doing it, but that embarrasses me no end now. My second took seven […]
I’ve Self-Published 9 Books. Here’s What I’ll Do Differently Next Time
Because hitting publish is just the first step. The first time I self-published a book, the term “indie publishing” hadn’t yet become a part of the publishing lexicon. It was 2004, the vast majority of people were still wary of spending money online, and the Kindle hadn’t yet been invented. I had something to say, […]
What I Learned From Writing 10k Words in a Single Day
It’s not worth doing if it’s not replicable. Every November, as part of National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), writers have a Black Friday tradition. Anyone who wants to take part aims to write 10k words in a day. I took part for the first time last year, and while I didn’t hit 10k words, I wrote […]