The Importance of Finding Your Audience

One of the common pieces of marketing advice you will see is to identify your target audience. What sort of person will enjoy your book? Where might you find them? How old are they? Male or Female? It can seem really daunting for a first time author, who (if...

My 4 Favourite Writing Books

I’m not sure if this should be my favourite ‘writing books’, since most of them aren’t quite about writing, but I can’t think of anything else that gives the right impression. I tend not to read books about plotting or characterisation....

Indie Life – How Blogging Contributes to my Writing

Today I’m participating in Indie Life, a feature run by Indelibles. I haven’t done this before, but it sounds awesome, and I’m looking forward to meeting lots of new indie authors! Basically, everyone posts about something related to indie...

Reviews – Do you read them or not?

On author sites, I see a lot of people saying not to respond to bad reviews (which I think is good advice), and in amongst it, occasional advice not to read reviews. If you’re the sort to be easily discouraged or put off by a negative review, I suppose it makes...