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Blog posts for readers & writers

Great opportunity for avid e-book readers!

January 22, 2021 cheryl

Likely I should have had a more detailed plan before now, but hey … we’ll get there! But what I’m…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, self publishing Filed under: e-books, newsletter, readers, story origin

First newsletter has gone!

January 12, 2021 cheryl 2 Comments

I was thrilled with the positive feedback for my inaugural newsletter. There was a bit of news, an extract for…

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Posted in: For the readers among us, News Filed under: competition, newslettter, review

Second person present tense: 2 pros, 2 cons

January 6, 2021 cheryl

As a homework exercise for Dean Writers Circle, I suggested writing a piece in second person, present tense. Not something…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: present tense, second person

Newsletter preparation…

December 30, 2020 cheryl

Having spent the time before Christmas setting this up, I’m thrilled at how people are responding to my invitation to…

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Posted in: News Filed under: newsletter

Christmas Eve 2020

December 24, 2020 cheryl

Why wait until the new year to do an overview? It’s been an ‘interesting’ year (old Chinese curse: May you…

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Confidence boosters …

December 9, 2020 cheryl

The opening chapter (plus synopsis) of one of my unpublished novels was long listed in a major competition. How exciting…

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Easy steps to stronger sentences

November 28, 2020 cheryl

Words of wisdom from Harry Bingham at Jericho Writers. If you haven’t signed up for their newsletter at least, or…

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Posted in: Writing tips

Real life and writing

November 27, 2020 cheryl
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What made me think about it? This morning I was listening to Woman’s Hour on BBC 4 as I drove…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: historical fiction, life experience, real settings, relatable characters, voice in writing

Widen your book’s distribution Part 2 Goodreads

November 17, 2020 cheryl

Ok, so Goodreads isn’t a publishing platform but it’s a huge marketing one, and as I can’t start uploading my…

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Posted in: Marketing

Ease Draft One Pain – Critique Partners, and a tool!

November 12, 2020 cheryl

Last night we had a zoom meeting of our local novel group, a sub-group of Dean Writers Circle. Right now,…

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Posted in: self publishing, Writing tips Filed under: draft one, drafting, editing, novel review, writing groups

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