The art of public speaking is something that can be honed and improved upon but at the core it is something that only very few people are blessed with as a natural talent. The ability to rouse emotions in others by the use of words or to transmit information in an entertaining and enlightening way …
Month: June 2013
Fundraising on Facebook
Keep those donations coming in. I visited a bookshop back in early December to promote my novel, Covenant. At the time, the proprietor said he was fully stocked and suggested I return in a few months. So, as it’s June now…ta da! I handed him a photograph (a real 6 x 8) of Covenant’s cover, …
A messy business
Some jobs turn ugly. In an ideal world, freelance writing is a straightforward process. Something like this: a) Client + defined requirements < writer’s experience and abilities.b) Client + writer’s abilities + time = satisfied client + promptly paid writer (+ recommendations). However, as every freelancer knows, a client’s ideas about what they want can be …
Evolution of an idea
Back-copies still available for sale! Give me a writer who knows exactly where they’re going and I’ll give you – and them – a round of applause. Any writer I’ve ever met, be they published or yet-to-be-published, may have an inkling, or even an ambition, but that’s about it. In a sense, that’s part of …
The sweet spell of success
Writers can be a little like children, who only stick with the kids that enjoy the same games. Only, in our case, we writers can suffer from genre-phobia. Silly really, because the writing process is the same (inspiration, torture and progress, in that order) and the elements of good writing are the same (captivating plot, …