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How to Get Really Good Writing Ideas: The Power of Research and Reading

Struggling to develop ideas for your writing? There are two things writers need! Firstly, understanding what makes a good story. Secondly, the ability to think creatively to develop original ideas. Read more
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Anatomy of a Book… Deciding to independently publish a book… Part 2: DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE DOLLAR COSTS ARE? ARE YOU READY TO PUT YOUR EMOTIONS AND YOUR $$$ WHERE YOUR BOOK IS?

In our last post, I discussed whether you want to try your hand at publishing your book yourself. Bloomberg recently ran a slideshow on the “real” costs of “self” (or indie) publishing, has been syndicated by Read more

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Anatomy of a Book… Deciding how you want your book to be published… RESEARCH BEFORE YOU LEAP

Okay, so you’ve written a book. Okay, so you want the book published. Okay, so you have to decide how you want your work to be published. So what do you do?

In a recent blog post, Read more

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I love coffee… but REALLY???

Okay, I admit it… I’m a coffee junkie. I like really GOOD coffee, and a STRONG good coffee. But how much coffee is TOO much of a good thing?

One of the favourite clichés in my family is “everything Read more

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Anatomy of a Book: Where do Writers get Inspiration?

Rob Kennedy, a fellow Aussie author, recently asked a number of questions about the creativity of writers, and the “rationale” behind the creativity of writers, and my own creativity.

As an author, I find it a little difficult to Read more

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