Author Beware!
There’s not much going on in the land of Eliza Green at the moment. I’m busy trying to promote BECOMING HUMAN and edit book 2, ALTERED REALITY. As the year progresses, more will be happening with...
View ArticleNewsletter – Dystopian Trilogy News
I’m shaking things up a little on Eliza Green Books. Up until now, you could receive all information about my book in the blog feed. But I realise now that my blog is attracting two different sets of...
View ArticleBlog Sites Worth Visiting – Writing
My posts are going to be sporadic for the next while, as I try to finish some important editing for Book 2. I’ll have to squeeze them into my spare time. Who decided it was a good idea to storm ahead...
View ArticleSelf Publishing – Some Useful Guides
During my time as a writer-slash-publisher, I’ve come across some very useful publishing blogs, and more recently books that will help you to crack the finer details of how to actually publish. I don’t...
View ArticleMarketing – Understanding How to Sell Books
This week, I wanted to highlight some books and blogs that deal with marketing. The books I’m about to recommend I have bought and read, and you should too. They’re from authors I respect and who know...
View ArticleThe Issue of Pricing an Ebook
I read a recent article from Forbes who, after examining the Digital Book World list, noticed that three out of the five authors listed were self published. When they got down to the crux of it, the...
View ArticleBecoming Human receives Compulsion Reads Endorsement
Before I get to the news about my book, I had said not that long ago that all information relating to the Trilogy would go through my newsletter and I would only share with you the process of how I...
View ArticleWho are Compulsion Reads?
For those of you interesting in obtaining a Compulsion Reads endorsement for your book, I wanted to explain to you how I got mine. I’d heard about the site when I was looking through an article from...
View ArticleThe Alliance of Independent Authors – a Q&A with Orna Ross
This is a repost of an interview on David Gaughran’s site, with the founder of the Alliance of Independent Authors, Orna Ross. You may have heard me mentioning them once or twice. I’m a member of this...
View ArticleCaption Monday, And Competition!
It has been a long while since I have run a competition on my blog so here’s my favourite – the caption photo. I have two copies of Becoming Human to give away in digital format (mobi/epub/pdf), so if...
View ArticleWho Are You? Take My Blog Poll
I’ve been blogging for two years now. Yes, I just received my reminder from WordPress. Can you believe it? I certainly can’t and the last two years has been a blur with so much going on. So what’s...
View ArticleWhere to Publish your Novel
Thanks to those who completed my poll about who you are. The rest of you, keep voting please! It’s important for me to understand who visits this blog. Take My Poll Based on the results so far, I...
View ArticlePreorder Distribution via Smashwords
Okay, now for some exciting news from the book world. Smashwords are introducing a pre-order facility for books. This is extremely important for authors that are keen to drum up some pre launch...
View ArticleKindle Books and Tips
A little update for those of you who use paid promotions. If you haven’t heard of Kindle Books and Tips, then you’re in for a treat. Kindle Books and Tips features daily discounted and free Kindle...
View ArticlePosting Reviews: Positive or Negative?
A recent online debate occurred between a few authors I know about posting negative reviews. One side took the opinion that writing any kind of review, no matter how negative, should be allowed. I...
View ArticleCollaboration in Writing
I’ve been a tad busy as of late and there’s a good reason. I’m pleased to say I’ve written the first draft for the third book in the Exilon 5 trilogy. Yay me! Plus, I’ve also put together a neat little...
View ArticleAmazon Categories – Alliance of Independent Authors
This week, I was asked to write a blog post about choosing the right Amazon categories for the Alliance of Independent Authors blog. This is a very topical subject if you’ve published or are about to...
View ArticleReaching the Top Spot in Amazon’s Bestseller List
Just a quick one today to let you know that BECOMING HUMAN has reached Number 1 in Amazon’s FIRST CONTACT Bestseller List! How did I do it? I was featured as a Hot Deal on Pixel of Ink’s site, which...
View ArticleBooks to Movies: Good Idea or Waste of Time?
I’m taking a short break for the next two weeks and when I return, I must get stuck into editing Book 2. So, apologies but my posts will be sporadic for October. The next big event happening here will...
View ArticleGuest Post Laurence O’Bryan: The Themes of the Manhattan Puzzle
I am pleased to welcome Laurence O’Bryan, successful author of The Puzzles series. Laurence has sold a ridiculous amount of books (my hat is off to you, sir!) and has amassed a huge Twitter following...
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