* Tara is off on her jollidays for a couple of weeks. Fictional Guest Bloggers, Tark and Mara, have climbed down from their pedestal to leave you with this post. “Ugh.” “Another one?” “And again! Tark!” “Just lift your feet, darling, and watch where you’re going.” Mara made a noise deep in her throat. She had just about…
Month: August 2014
Authors! Your Cover Font Is Killing Your Book
Whilst most of us will judge a book by its cover, I very often judge a book cover by its font. This might sound odd to some people: perhaps it is – you can let me know if that’s the case. But more often than not, it’s the typography on a book’s cover which tells me whether…
I Have No Pride Or Shame. VOTE FOR ME
This is desperate. I’m about to ask you for votes. So let me apologise in advance for everything I’m about to say. This blog has been nominated in the “Best Blog Post” category of the Irish Blog Awards, for a post in which I described my limitless talent for self-sabotage when talking about my own work,…
Writer’s Arse, And Other Ailments
The gurus over at Writing.ie have published another article I wrote today. A sort of confessional piece. I talk about the terrible afflictions which writers suffer, and how I suffer in particular (from being terribly afflicted). Some non-writers will be sceptical about this. That’s fine. They can go around sympathising with whichever they believe to be loftier, global concerns.…
What Puts Readers Off Self-Published Books?
Oh, we’ve come a long way from What Makes People Buy Self-Published Books last week, ladies and gentlesirs! Brace yourselves now, as we enter the dark side of book marketing: the things which make you REFUSE to buy self-published books. And we’ve all experienced this to some degree. Self-publishing often gets a very bad rap. If…
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