Writing a book is an enormous task. It makes it seem a little less enormous to break it down into stages. The Basics. Your Elevator Pitch. Some people may balk at this, asking angrily what the Elevator Pitch of War... Read More
The term ‘ghostwriter’ conjures up certain images. Ghostwriters are invisible. Nobody apart from the named author and the publisher knows who she is. No moans or rattling chains for these ghosts. They are also imitators. Ghostwriters have a chameleon-like quality... Read More
Are you considering revising and reissuing an old piece of work? People may well advise you not to. Things have moved on, they may say. Books belong to moments. Never go back… Well, maybe. But maybe not. Sometimes old works... Read More
Reality is infinitely complex. Yet business or psychology writers (and social scientists generally) want to create models of that reality. They dream of creating something perfect. If I'm working with them, I have to tell them that this is impossible.... Read More
Ten years ago, self-publishing was a last resort. It was expensive and complicated, and the end product usually ended up looking inferior to the output from a ‘proper’, professional publisher. You could end up short of several thousand pounds and... Read More