News & Updates
New releases, work in progress, events & signings
New Releases & Work in Progress
News and updates, a brief update of what you’re working on, introduction to your process, call to action (click a post to find out more…
The Genius of Solitude (Now Available!)
coming soon
Create with Confidence: a guide to fearless productivity
coming soon
Paid to Create: a guide to creative mastery
Coming soon!
Book Reviews (What I’m Reading)
I’m an author first, but a reader second. I used to come home with a stack of library books as tall as me and finish them all in less than a week. I read about 5 books a month but I only review my favorites.
Body of Work: How to write books that matter
Perennial Seller: How to create work that lasts
Book review coming soon - here's a video.
Real Artists Don’t Starve
Book review coming soon ere's another book review with a dropcap.
Events & Signings
Pictures of real-world events are great (even if events don’t really sell books, it’s still nice to show that professional author setup or signing).
Bestseller Blueprint
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Castle writing retreat in France
A few years ago I decided I wanted to run a creative commune and writing retreat in a European castle. We spent 3 months touring castle properties for sale, but didn't find anything good enough. Since then, however, we've started running writing retreats in castles....
Edinburgh writing conference
I'm self-conscious about this one because I pronounce it the way it looks, edin-BURG. We spent last winter in this city and loved it, so when the chance came to speak at a writing conference this summer we took it. We'll probably stay a month and soak up the haggis...
Book marketing and author promotion
Here are some useful articles on building an author website that actually sells more books.
How to make a living with your writing
What is Lorem Ipsum? Lorem Ipsum is simply dummy text of the printing and typesetting industry. Lorem Ipsum has been the industry's standard dummy text ever since the 1500s, when an unknown printer took a galley of type and scrambled it to make a type specimen book....
Your Author Funnel
I wrote recently about author funnels on Creativindie but the point was this: you can't try to give everything to everybody. You have to focus on the 95%. Who is going to visit your blog? Either people who know you, your name, your book's name - or people who don't....
What to write about on your author website to get more traffic
Congrats! You have a site! Hopefully you kept it clean and simple, and didn't add a bunch of ugly graphics, awards, bells and whistles, or an ugly header/logo. The good news is this: content matters most. The majority of authors who have become well known in...
Favorite Places
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