OK so this post is assuming that you have competed first draft of your book. It is going to take you through the next few steps that you...

​A smoking author biography is an essential part of a book proposal. Writing a good one - that sums up your personality and book in a...

​A smoking author biography is an essential part of a book proposal. Writing a good one - that sums up your personality and book in a...

How do you find your true voice when you write? I am so often asked this. It is hard to find what you genuinely feel is YOU. Our brains...

How do you find your true voice when you write? I am so often asked this. It is hard to find what you genuinely feel is YOU. Our brains...

​Losing some work due to a computer glitch is a frustrating moment. Losing your entire book is a crushing event. Okay it wasn't an entire...

​Losing some work due to a computer glitch is a frustrating moment. Losing your entire book is a crushing event. Okay it wasn't an entire...

​I work with writers all over the world to help them get their books written and then published. And what is the one thing that published...

​I work with writers all over the world to help them get their books written and then published. And what is the one thing that published...

I started off on three rounds of FEC and its pretty simple to sum it all up in a word. Revolting. By the last round I honestly thought it wa

I started off on three rounds of FEC and its pretty simple to sum it all up in a word. Revolting. By the last round I honestly thought it wa

I started off on three rounds of FEC and its pretty simple to sum it all up in a word. Revolting. By the last round I honestly thought it wa

​Starting a book? That is the (relatively) easy bit. Keeping going is a bit harder. Who wants to sit alone in front of a keyboard while...

​Starting a book? That is the (relatively) easy bit. Keeping going is a bit harder. Who wants to sit alone in front of a keyboard while...

One of the most common complaints I always hear from writers is that they can’t 'find the time' to write. They may start their books but...

​​I started the first writing course and agency ten years ago and focused only on novels. Almost all the writers who found me saw...

​I get asked this so often. There is only one answer to this question (in my view). YES of course you should plan a book! I believe in...

E​ver wonder how many books get sold in SA every year? What SA publishing looks like from the inside? How many books the average South...

When I started teaching writing over a decade ago I always used to tell writers NOT to write about themselves. This was in the interests...

Sending off a manuscript is terrifying. It is adrenalin inducing, heart-stopping stuff for any writer. But so many writers bail or fail...