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Sneak Peek – the new Leopold Blake Thriller: Free Chapters

We all love a little bit of love and attention, so for you loyal followers out there I’m posting up the first few chapters of the new Leopold Blake thriller Panic for you to read and share, as well as...

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Marketing your book – it all starts before you’ve even written anything.

There are (broadly) three types of writers that I have come across in my far-reaching quest for the secret sauce of Indie publishing. First, there’s the writer who can craft an elegant and beautiful...

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Promotional Marketing – increase your odds of success

Having read the previous post, you will now have a potential bestseller available for sale. But nobody’s going to buy it unless they know it exists – so how do you maximise your chances of selling once...

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Interview with David VanDyke: Author, Editor, and Trained Killing Machine

Hi David – thanks for joining us today for a quick peek into your work, and I’m sure some scandalous details about your personal life…  Thanks, Nick, great to be here. All my scandals are deeply buried...

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Make your book stand out: it’s a big, scary world out there.

A quick and dirty look at the State of the Union on Amazon’s kindle platform and what bestsellers have in common. Data taken from Amazon.com, an IDATE study on ebook trends from 2012-2015 and a report...

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The Joy of the One-Liner

After a particularly merciless evening with the delete key (and a sorrowful glass of whisky) I find myself with a more astute respect for that ever-long staple of the movie and literature world – the...

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Indecent Exposure – get your name out there and promote, promote, promote!

So, the first book in the Leopold Blake series of thrillers is all done – you can get a free copy here – and I’ve had my marketing hat on for a week or so, putting all the puzzle pieces together and...

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Departed – Leopold Blake #2, Cover Art Revealed

First of all, thanks to all of you who signed up for my email list, and who downloaded a copy of Panic (book #1 in the Leopold Blake series). I hope you all enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed...

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Magic, Mysticism, and Marketing – success stories with author Leeland Artra

Today, we’ve got quite a treat in store for all you literature fans, fellow authors, and those of you who stumbled across the site by accident while searching for cheap prescription medicine and...

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The Power of the Freebie – Why Authors should give away their work

Okay, before I get caught in a maelstrom of hate mail, let me clarify: for those authors who sell their work on Amazon’s Kindle platform, Bezos the Great and Powerful (founder of the site) allows...

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Find your Zen – the art of sublime writing with author Robert Crawford

“Apollo is smiling down on us tonight. He’s gotten with the times and has traded his lyre for a plugged-in Strat. He’s playing through me, through all of us, pleasingly pounding the marrow in our...

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Promo Power for Authors – free book giveaways, price reductions, and targeted...

March was an absolutely wild month for me. Not only did I (finally) publish my first novel in the Leopold Blake series of thrillers, but I watched in abject stupor as it catapulted up the sales...

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Making it Count – What to expect from your first month in publishing.

So, the numbers are in. It’s now been exactly 1 month since Panic, the first novel in the Leopold Blake series of thrillers, went live on Amazon. It’s been a crazy time, and the results have blown my...

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Major Announcement for Writers, Authors & Journalists: Free Advertising and...

This is a great time to be an independent author and publisher. I’m bursting with excitement to announce that I have been invited to join the ranks of the hottest new independent electronic publishing...

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An Open Response to James Patterson – The Future of Publishing

There’s quite a furor going on throughout the interweb this week, following James Patterson’s decision to take out a full page ad in the New York Times Book Review and Publishers Weekly noting the...

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The Truth about Social Media – A selling tool for authors, or a complete...

The somewhat anticlimactic answer is: neither, really. And yes, I know, that’s a terrible way to start an article, but I don’t care – you need to read this post if you spend more than five minutes a...

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How I Got My Creativity Back

We’ve all seen it. At the station platform, in the car, on the sofa, in the cinema, even just walking around. Sometimes while they’re driving (although they know they’re not supposed to), sometimes...

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A Career as an Author – How does it Compare?

And I’m not necessarily talking in terms of money, either. The life of the professional writer is hardly an easy one – countless hours spent sweating and fretting over deadlines, incorrect use of the...

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The Last Day

It’s that time of the year, the last day of May to be exact, when life in England takes on a more subdued, yet quietly optimistic tone. The excitement of Christmas is far, far behind us, and still too...

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Adventures in Print – Sneak Peek of Panic in Paperback

Waiting for me upon my return from holiday was the first ever print version of Panic, the first book in the Leopold Blake series of thrillers. For those not familiar with the series, think Elementary...

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