EXT. DESERT. DAY. That didn’t take long. Scene directions never do. And yet to realise it, the producers will have to fork out thousands of dollars, recruit the film crew, the actors, the people who look after the crew and... Read More
Your book is written, your manuscript typed-up and the next phase is production and publication. It’s time to take your pages from typed-up to typeset, then out into the world into readers’ hands. But how do you get your book... Read More
According to Shakespeare, "Brevity is the soul of wit," meaning more may be said using less language. Certainly a lot can be conveyed in few words. During the pandemic, The New York Times invited readers to send them six words... Read More
This post goes back to a day some time ago when I got on a train and went to a ‘meeting’. I know. I’ll give you a minute. It’s been a while. In case you still need help, a ‘meeting’... Read More
Good News for the Publishing Industry In between the headlines, amid the doom, encouraging whispers of the book-trade bouncing back from the Covid crisis are buoying the publishing industry. Signs of an upturn have replaced the initial downturn, which came... Read More