I think we all know that “Successful writing requires good planning” and not mindlessness. It’s a simple formula with common hurdles, pitfalls and plain old mistakes. The Hurdles These may include time, motivation, money, confidence, knowledge and skill levels and people pressures. And, discipline (lack of). The Pitfalls So many to choose from but may…
Month: February 2020
Meh to eh
This was my long weekend:- Withdraw all my books from Smashwords, Amazon etc. Change name to my real name on each cover and while I was there change the entire cover Update the front and back matter and may as well do some other tweaking Import each document into Vellum and format (so much easier…
Meh with Attitude (What the hell to do with the stories we slave over and missed opportunities)
Okay, maybe not the thing to be following my Australia Day post but it’s how I feel at the moment. It was simple in the old days – you slave over your precious piece of textual brilliance and send it in to a literary agent and then hopefully a publisher. The chances were you’d be…