here is some information about the calculations you’ll need to do if you’re looking at putting your book into bookstores.

Much of the promotion of e-books is based on the e-publishers’ ability to make the digital version look like the paper version. Yet now, just as we are starting to accept that e-books are here to stay there has been a new advancement.

Many people, when starting out, think that the hard part about creating and self-publishing a book is the writing itself or maybe the process of self-publishing. Yet, in all honesty, I would have to say that both of these pale in comparison to promoting and distributing your own book

Well, with less that three weeks to the closing date of the Writing to Inspire ‘First Line’ Short Story competition, I delighted to say that the entries are rolling in at a steady and consistent pace.

It’s been a productive day here in the Writing to Inspire office. The morning started with the posting of my 1000th ‘first line’ writing prompt. I feel like I should

Well, the CBCA has just announced the books that have been short-listed for this year’s awards. If you’re a

It’s an exciting week here in my office. In fact there are so many fun things falling into place that I almost don’t know what to tell you about first.

I called into my friends at Collins Books in Whitfords City yesterday (who now stock my ‘I Want to Write …’ book and Autobiography Trigger Questions, by the way) and found out about a great competition being run by Text Publishing.

Great, that is, if your children’s or young adult book is over 25,000 words – mine isn’t, DARN!

There’s no doubt that entering writing competitions is a valid goal for writers; they can provide deadlines, credibility, experience, focus and so much more. But what makes a writer enter one competition and not another?

I’ve just made another discovery, not quite as good as Jane Austin writing Emma from my home village, but interesting none the less.

Iplayer is a website that allows …