For many authors-in-waiting, getting a publishing deal is seen as the pinnacle. But as many authors-in-print know, the book is merely the climbing frame. I think it’s fair to say...

We can all learn from our mistakes. But that learning is dependent on the recognition of errors we’ve made – and often we don’t see them. An obvious example is...

“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” Winston S. Churchill. As a new editor to the field of history journals; a minefield of issues related to...

Crowdfunding? Does it work for books? Eighteen months ago this was a very real question for me. Now my crowdfunded memoir ‘Dead Babies And Seaside Towns’ is on Amazon and...

In the summer of 2013, I purchased a copy of The Little Book of Lancashire. There were many good reasons for doing so; not least because some of my relatives...

In recent years self-help books have become extremely popular. In fact at the time of writing a search for the words ‘self help’ generated a staggering 694,941 results on Amazon.com....

I wrote this book as fundamentally, a recession survival guide, to provide lots of strategies to help people to survive the mental, physical and financial pressures of daily life, in...

Last week in Setting Goals and Making Time, Sheila Kiely in explained how she managed to put together her book Gimme the Recipe while juggling a job and six children. But how did she...

Proposal letters are so important. They’re the first chance you get to make a good impression on an agent or a publisher. The following are two real proposal letters I...

Interested in writing non-fiction and getting it published? Author of Writing for Success Patricia O’Reilly tells us exactly how to approach your subject and what you need to submit to...