So you’ve finished the final draft of your book. You have the perfect cover design. You’re mere weeks away from going to print. Now you just need to work on that final touch: the blurb. Easy, right? For many writers, the prospect of whittling that 80,000-word manuscript, toiled over for the best part of a […]

Recipe for Romance By Carol Harblin Romance is not without its own upheavals and challenges.  Even when we have to live through our own heartbreaks, dating life, and marriage we are left to our own devices.  Life doesn’t have a manual and neither does romance, so romance writers need to find their own individualized recipe.  […]

  “Difference between commercial and literary fiction?” A great question posed by @rosemarydun on Twitter. It is something many authors will need to think about when it comes time to categorise their writing. We thought we would investigate further! At first we thought this would be a nice and simple question to tackle: do some research and present […]

  For every $1 spent, $44.25 is the average return on email marketing investment. That is a very important figure to bear in mind. Most authors have a blog or website where they feature details about themselves as an author and their books. However, only a small minority are collecting email addresses. It is very […]