
The Worlds of Tolkien and Lewis
C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, pictured above in my pencil sketch, are bound together for posterity as friends and as members of the...


Marvel's 'Black Panther': A Review
Before the days of social media, and even before the days when everyone had telephones (let alone a smartphone) it was possible to...

Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...


How To Write 30,000 Words In A Week
I occasionally get asked ‘How do you fit it all in?’ Several anthologies to edit, proofread, format and publish; 5,000 items of...


Writers! Don't Roll Yourselves Into Ditches!
I used to run a business consultancy in fashionable Mayfair in London. I had an office just off Berkeley Square and used to take clients...


Why Some Writers Are Doomed To Obscurity
It wasn’t until I became a parent quite late in life that I began to observe closely some things to do with children that apply more...

Learn what a story really is...
Learn: • what a story really is • what it is actually doing to and for you and other readers ​ • the magnetic power that attracts readers...


'Are you starting to introvert the lack of sales of your stuff?'
Have you failed at marketing your books? Does the whole area of 'marketing' seem either a complex mystery or a rip-off (or both) to you?...


3 Powerful Myths About Book Marketing That You Probably Still Believe
As many readers will know, I’ve written a book, Become a Professional Author, which goes into some depth and detail about what marketing...