by Chris Smith | Jul 30, 2017
There’s a romantic myth that being an extreme personality type makes you a more creative person. But we believe that being thoroughly mediocre – coming somewhere in the middle – is about the best thing you can do if you want to get your project written. Learn...
by Chris Smith | May 31, 2017
Having an author blog is a super-important part of any writer’s marketing toolkit. Your blog is a place where you can test out your writing, get noticed by publishers, engage with readers, build a following and in some cases – sell your work. Whilst it’s great to blog...
by Chris Smith | May 24, 2017
With over half a billion users across the world, we should take LinkedIn pretty seriously when the company says it’s aiming to be the biggest publisher of any type in the world (if it isn’t already). But with more people than ever posting not just updates but...
by Chris Smith | May 14, 2017
It’s all too easy to make promises and plans about your writing. To say that you’re going to finish writing a book, to plan on blogging every day. More often than not – those targets go unmet and those dreams go unrealised. And that’s because...
by Chris Smith | Apr 17, 2017
You know that nagging voice you hear when you haven’t finished something? Well, I’m a compulsive finisher and my nag is relentless. It’s probably why I’m better at writing shorter things like this and why writing anything longer than about 2,000 words gives me the...