Let's Netflix your book
AUTHORS are having to adapt and adjust with reader demands. That means you have to get tighter on delivering a book that is ‘on point’...
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Nov 9, 20223 min read
Create your Author Brand - with brand expert Tessa Graham
As authors, we need to be savvier than ever about who reads our books. We have the ability to market our books directly to our readers....
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Nov 9, 20223 min read
Writing your story - how do you hook a reader from the start?
Where should your story start? Few stories start at the beginning. Most stories start in the middle. All stories - whether it’s a novel,...
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Oct 16, 20223 min read
How to sell that book (once its published)
‘I didn't know how much marketing would be involved in actually getting my book sold.’ ‘My publisher did some PR for the first few months...
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Sep 28, 20223 min read
Why Your Book Needs a Single Big Idea
You start structuring a book by being very clear on what you are writing about. Sounds simple? You (sort of) know what you want to say...
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Jul 10, 20224 min read
What are publishers looking for in 2023?
It has been a busy year in publishing – and its only July. The good news is that reading has not been hit by the two years of lock...
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Jun 22, 20222 min read
Write, Publish, Profit
Where are you going with all this writing? What is the end game? Do you simply love writing with no real outcome required? Is it profit?...
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Apr 27, 20224 min read
Write a movie-style logline for your book
What is your book about? The dreaded question. The answer is most likely 'a HELL of a lot - do you have two hours?' People don't, so...
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Apr 14, 20223 min read
What is a ghostwriter and why may you need one?
What is a ghost writer and why may you need one? And when should you actually write your own book? I'm just going to unpack that a...
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Mar 30, 20222 min read
Who’s causing trouble in your story?
What! You ask. Why trouble? Why would I need anyone to do this in a book? Have you ever heard that books are driven by conflict? This...
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Mar 30, 20224 min read
Memoir writing - 5 characters you need in your cast
Even though you may be the 'main character' in a memoir, this book is not just about you. Even non-fiction needs other characters. And...
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Mar 6, 20226 min read
A decade of no writing... then this
I had no name. No attachments. No family. No form. No purpose. I was a floating, formless, light being. Totally at peace in the vast,...
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Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20227 min read
Post Traumatic Bliss
I was carrying all my otherworldly secrets with me. Sometimes at night I would just close my eyes and feel myself shooting through the...
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Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20225 min read
He's going to die tonight.
I had been to see him the day before and sat next to him a while as his chest heaved and rattled. I whispered to him. Stroked his...
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Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Fighting my way out of a long coma.
The ICU at night is a terrifying nightmare world. Not even Dean Koontz or Steven King could imagine the nights of terror. It was cold and...
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Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Waking up from a long coma
I have watched movies about people waking from a coma. They opened their eyes and the fog cleared. It’s nothing like that. Waking up from...
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Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read
Called to come home
Floating. Aeons ago I left the world of men, of form and substance. I am floating away in the universe. I know it is the universe as I...
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Miriam Olivier
Feb 1, 20223 min read
The Coma Stage 3: Limbo in a coma
I have shot out of the hospital. I have long left my body. It was so fast I didn’t even notice it. One second I was hovering somewhere...
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Jan 24, 20223 min read
The 4 Questions Every Author Should Ask
It’s a romantic idea ... to ‘write a book’. It gives us a purpose and something to do. It gives us somewhere to pour our time into. It is...
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Miriam Olivier
Jan 11, 20226 min read
The Madness Begins
What am I doing here? It’s an easy Sunday morning and I am sitting on a cold concrete floor with my legs stretched out in front of me and...
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