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What publishers are looking for in 2022
People are devouring books in lockdown and stories that capture imaginations are rising. We did a talk recently on what books are being...
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Feb 21, 20214 min read


5 reasons you are not writing right now
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...
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Jan 18, 20215 min read


5 reasons you are not writing right now
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...
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Jan 18, 20215 min read


How to write a memoir
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...
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Jan 4, 20213 min read


How to write a memoir
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...
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Jan 4, 20213 min read


How to send your book to publishers and agents
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...
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Jan 2, 20214 min read


How to send your book to publishers and agents
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...
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Jan 2, 20214 min read


Closing a decade of no writing
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...
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Dec 14, 20205 min read


Closing a decade of no writing
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...
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Dec 14, 20205 min read


Should you PUBLISH your story or TMI?
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....
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Dec 8, 20204 min read


Should you PUBLISH your story or TMI?
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....
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Dec 8, 20204 min read


Say what! How many drafts of my book must I write?
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...
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Sep 25, 20204 min read


Say what! How many drafts of my book must I write?
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...
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Sep 25, 20204 min read


Do you REALLY need an author blog?
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...
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Jul 28, 20205 min read


Do you REALLY need an author blog?
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...
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Jul 28, 20204 min read


Writing a Children’s Book? You need to get clear on the categories
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...
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Jun 2, 20204 min read


Writing a Children’s Book? You need to get clear on the categories
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...
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Jun 2, 20204 min read


How to get paid on Amazon in South Africa
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. ...
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May 28, 20204 min read


How to get paid on Amazon in South Africa
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. ...
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May 28, 20204 min read


Cancer vs Corona? No contest for me
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...
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Apr 23, 20203 min read
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