There has been a lot of talk about diversity in writing lately and a lot of controversy to go with it. Own voices is another subject that is getting a...

Who doesn’t love the excitement of starting a new project, be it a short story or a full-length novel? You can’t get the words down quick enough, right? New characters,...

Crime is one of the biggest selling genres in the UK and Irish market and we have seen a massive surge in readers of this genre over the past number...

Ryan Turbridy interviews some of the best Irish authors and most people are familiar with his show on RTE Radio 1 (https://www.rte.ie/radio1/podcast/podcast_ryantubridy.xml), but today I wanted to bring you some...

In this week’s Really Useful Links column, I thought I would turn the focus towards podcasts and take a look at some of the wonderful writing related series available. There...

For my first, “Really Useful Links” column, I thought it might be useful to focus on some links for Irish authors that deal with copyright and plagiarism. This is a...

Let’s be honest, nobody sets out to write a bland book, so why would you want a lukewarm book launch? In order to achieve that best-seller status you’ll need to...

This blogpost is reproduced with kind permission by Orna Ross from the Alliance of Independent Authors excellent self-publishing blog. Marketeers say the key to promoting a book is to take...

Becoming a freelance writer sounds like the best job in the world. You get your writing assignment, write it, submit it and celebrate as the cash comes in… at least...

For the past few years, an important resource for independently creating audiobooks has been the Amazon-owned ACX.  To date over 80,000 audiobooks have been produced via ACX.  Previously only available...