Got my royalty cheque recently for my bestselling Conspiracy book, covering the second half of 2023. Good news: 18,000 new sales. Bad news: £1,832 royalties payable. I’m not boasting, or moaning. I’m quoting these figures because most people have no... Read More
Sue Limb’s first novel, Up the Garden Path, had just one big – and rather unfair – advantage when it hit the bookshops in 1984. It sported a front cover blurb provided by her Cambridge University friend, Douglas Adams, author... Read More
Some stories will always stand the test of time – especially if they involve sex, big-name celebrities and a shot of humour. Try this. The famous Nell Gwynn, stepping one day from a house where she had made a short... Read More
The professor from the medical department of a leading US university was quite clear about why I was being approached to help with his book project. I’d pointed out that there were probably a thousand decent ghostwriters between his campus... Read More
The big problem with writing a book is that once it’s there, it’s there for ever. You fail to check one seemingly minor fact or you make one little typo that’s not picked up and it’s still there, reproaching you,... Read More