by Bede | Oct 25, 2022 | Book Publishing
It turns out Author Anxiety is a Thing. It’s not just me. I discovered this on the eve of the publication of my debut novel, DECEPTION ISLAND, when I was silly enough to Google my shiny new title. Up popped a Netgalley reviewer live-tweeting as she read it. Only she...
by Ola | Sep 14, 2022 | Book Editing, Book Marketing, Book Publishing, Digital Publishing, ePublications, Process Improvement, Writing Tips
Contrary to popular opinion, publishers are not hard to find. Or better put, good publishers are not hard to find. They are in strategic places but are very selective about the kind of books they choose to publish. Writers and publishers move in the same line of...
by Bede | Aug 16, 2022 | Book Publishing, Writing Tips
There are different definitions of the phrase “cold feet” and although they mean different things at different points, they all amount to one thing which is a delay. You can either delay for a little while, or for a long time. And in some extreme cases,...
by Bede | Nov 26, 2021 | Writing Tips
How to build your own fictional world Remember that this is your world. Take some time to delve into it and decide how similar or completely different to the ‘real’ world it should be. Fictional worlds have been set in completely different times or spaces....
by Bede | Nov 19, 2021 | Writing Tips
Wordbuilding in literature involves designing the perfect fictional setting of your story. This process is so important because, as the container that houses the story, your setting – the world you have built – deeply affects character psyche, plot, tone,...
