In this episode I interview Janet Murray, journalist for the Guardian newspaper and PR Coach. She has pitched stories and received pitches to the media over the last fifteen years and now helps other people to do the same with her Soulful PR training company.
A Quick Guide to Scrivener
I’ve had quite a few conversations recently with people who have bought Scrivener and couldn’t work out how to use it. In this show I talk about how use the product. If you use a different product and are happy with it then this post isn’t for you!
However, if you haven’t yet got a writing tool you are happy with, Scrivener is good because:
You can easily create an ePub file and a Mobi file from it.
It automatically saves your work and backs it up.
It is a great tool for planning a book.
My 3 Biggest Self-Publishing Mistakes
Episode 24 As a homage to the great blog concept of the ‘mistakes post’, here I present to you my 3 biggest self-publishing mistakes I’ve made so far. Mistake 1 : Changing Genre My first big mistake was changing fiction genre from Time Travel Science Fiction (Timeshock) to Young Adult Fantasy (Magpies and Magic). […]
ISBNs – Should you use them or not?
Episode 23 I’ve been putting off talking about ISBNs and whether you should use them, mainly because I have not yet made my own mind up. In this episode I try to state the reasons for using them or not. I personally would advise using them for Paperback books, but not necessarily for eBooks. What […]
Ingram Spark with Andy Bromley
Episode 22 In this episode I interview Andy Bromley a marketing manager at Ingram Spark. I’ve always been intrigued with Ingram Spark, who have a reputation as a higher quality but more bespoke Print-On-Demand service than CreateSpace, the service that Amazon provides. I asked him several questions to try and drill down into the advantages […]
How to Sell Your Books Through Bookshops with Debbie Young
Episode 21 In today’s show I interview Debbie Young, the blog editor of the Alliance of Independent Authors blog (Alli), fiction author and currently writing a book for the Alli about getting your book into book stores. How should an indie author approach a bookstore to see if they will stock their book? Where should they […]