Tag: Blogging
Blogging On And On…
I have to thank Clare Mackintosh. Not only for her brilliant books (I Let You Go and I See You) but for a class she did last January in conjunction with Writers & Artists. Her talk was about social media and building an author platform. At that stage, I had written one book and was […]
Why Writing Blog Posts Makes Me Queasy
Since I’ve become a published author in 2014 I have been pressured by mavens of the publishing universe and author friends to participate in blogging—a seldom-welcome avalanche of words. Maybe my ten years at the computer, writing, have turned me into a recluse, but I have to admit that I rarely appreciate the barrage […]
Blogging For The Non Blogger
As a debut fiction writer, I was thrilled to be invited to join The Debutante Ball, a website that features five debut authors as they go through the joys and challenges during their year of publication. Each writer is assigned a day of the week to post a blog (I’m the Tuesday girl), and each […]
How Book Blogging Launched My Career as an Author
“This book is horrible. I can’t believe people are reading this. I have to tell them not to read it. I think I’ll start a blog.” And so it began. My unfortunate run-in with the book-that-must-not-be-named upon the recommendation of a popular parenting magazine led me to write my very first blog post ever. I […]
How I Turned My Blog Into A Book
While I was lecturing on the creative writing programme at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, a couple of students asked me if I realised I couldn’t get through a seminar without mentioning food or drink. Really? I mean, really??!! But they were right. And I began to notice how I might describe a bruise […]
Coming Back to Writing
When I was a little girl I made a choice. At least I thought I did. I was nine years old. Mousey and a bit serious. I only cared about two things – reading teenage horror novels and Westlife. My Aunt was allaying herself of some furniture – she had a beautiful house – and […]
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