Work as an author, writing advice and tips.
After a couple of months working on lots of new and exciting projects for The Writers’ Pod, I’m back with another author interview from the Writers’ Pod Presents series. I originally met Jenny Ford at a local business networking event. I seem to bump into authors and...
Navigating the publishing world as unpublished author can sometimes feel like you are on a solo mountain expedition, without a map or a guide, naively trying to reach the summit without any equipment. The problem is you don’t know what you don’t know. How do you know...
After my visit to this year’s London Book Fair last month, already documented in my latest post, I realised there was a gap in my writing story. Part two covered the writing of Pivotal, from concept to first draft but as readers of the Book Fair post will already...
Making the Most of the London Book Fair – A Writers View Each year at the London Book Fair, the world of publishing convenes at Kensington Olympia. Every available exhibition space, from the Grand Hall to the Club Room, is crammed full of industry professionals and...
Creative Inspiration in a Cemetery On a crisp winter afternoon in late February we drive through the gates to Foster Hill Road Cemetery, a little late for our appointment. A well known mapping tool under-estimated our journey time by about ten minutes, eating into the...
Hands up if you are trying to make it as a writer. Is 2018 going to be the year where you pick up that pen or open that blank document and start? Being a writer and making a living from your passion are not necessarily the same goal. With my first novel under my belt...
They say a good writer should also be a good reader, so I suppose I must have been off to a good start when I had already learnt to read before beginning school. In those days Ladybird books, in the Peter and Jane series were the bread and butter for early readers. On...
THE WRITERS’ POD PRESENTS…TOULA Toula is a successfully self-published author, with several books already under her belt. I met with her recently in a coffee shop, on behalf of The Writers’ Pod, to gain insight into her world and the self publishing option. We shared...
Quit Being a Lonely Writer – Live a little When people ask me “What do you do?” I answer with confidence, mixed with a smidgen of bravado, “I am a writer.” It still gives me a thrill to hear myself say the words out loud. Usually the conversation then goes one of two...
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