Is it ever possible for a writer to be happy with what they’ve achieved? Or do the goalposts keep moving? Today we ask a most un-Christmassy question… is it much harder to succeed when you’re a success?
Hey, Writers! Be Careful What You Wish For
Tag: Writing a Bestseller
How Do You Write For An International Market?
They say, ‘Write what you know’. Or the world will see through you. That’s all very fine and well, except when you turn out exceptionally beautiful prose in your unique and local dialect, which readers beyond the next mountain find difficult to understand. Or in more general terms, America. I know James Joyce, Roddy Doyle, Irvine Welsh and Dylan…
5 Things Emerging Authors Should Be Writing
If we knew what was sure to sell, wouldn’t we all be writing it? Aye, there’s the rub. But some types of fiction lend themselves more to breakthrough bestsellers than others. Here are 5 of them. 1. The “Dammit, I Could’ve Had That Idea!” These are the books we all could have written if we’d only thought…
What Makes a Bestseller?
Trendspotting, or a Shamelessly Business-Like Approach to Writing It’s tempting to think that the democratisation of bookselling through self-publishing and e-publishing means that it’s harder than ever to rise above the noise and get published or more to the point, sell your book. Not at all. The deafening cacophony which once drowned out new authors…
Tara Sparling writes 