It’s Throwback Thursday, and today I’m resharing my review of Write Smart, Write Happy by Cheryl St. John, an inspiring book about the writer mindset. I thought this was going to be a book about writing—and it is. And it isn’t. It isn’t what I was expecting (which was something about how to write better). …
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It’s almost conference time! Today I’m resharing a post I originally wrote last year, for those of you who can’t join us at the 2019 Omega Writer’s Conference in Sydney from 11 to 13 October. Can’t make it to conference? Does this mean you miss out on the opportunity to learn, to upskill yourself? Not …
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by Josephine-Anne Griffiths | @BooksTeaAndMe57 “Well,” said Pooh, “what I like best –” and then he had to stop and think. Because although Eating Honey was a very good thing to do, there was a moment just before you began to eat it which was better than when you were, but he didn’t know what …
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This week I’m resharing a post that previously appeared on our old blog. I’m addressing a question many authors ask: Should authors review? First, let’s back up to a more important question: Should authors read? Yes! “If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as …
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Twitter is for twits. That was my first impression, and my second wasn’t much better: that Twitter is like a gaggle of teenage girls with everyone talking and no one listening. But I’ve persevered, and Twitter is now my second most influential social media network, after Facebook. And I’ve got to the point where it …
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I’ve judged several writing contests over the last five years, including full published novels, short (5,000 words) and shorter (five page) introductions to unpublished manuscripts, and short stories (1800 words). I’ve judged for Romance Writers of New Zealand, American Christian Fiction Writers, and Omega Writers. And, yes, I’m organising the CALEB Award for Omega Writers …
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Today for #ThrowbackThursday we’re sharing a 2018 CALEB Award Review of Camp Max by Penny Reeve. Omega Writers is a Christian writing group serving Australian, New Zealand, and South Pacific Christian Writers. In 2018 they held their annual writing conference on the last weekend of October in Adelaide, South Australia. One much-anticipated part of conference …
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Blogging. It’s often considered one of the basics of a good author platform. But a lot of authors find writing a great blog post an unpleasant chore. Today I’m resharing my 12 Steps to a Great Blog Post to help you write and publish great posts. And if even the thought of establishing a blog …
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By Iola Goulton @iolagoulton Over the last two weeks, we’ve looked at two paths to publishing: working with an agent to attract a major publisher, and publishing through a small press or micropress. This week we are looking at the third option: self-publishing. Self-publishing has soared in popularity since the release of the Amazon Kindle …
Last week I talked about traditional publishing, focusing on large publishers. This week I’m looking at another area of traditional publishing: the small press. Small presses and micropresses follow the same business principles as the major traditional publishers. Small presses take on the full financial responsibility for publishing and distributing the book, although you’re less …
