Wish you could be a DIY designer? If you’re using social media, you’ve seen the wonderful images people post on Instagram and on other social media sites. You wish you could do it yourself. But… nothing is as easy as it looks. Although you try a couple of the easy, easy! tools , ...
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Regency Romance: Felicity Meets The Barefoot Duke
I’m working on a new series of Regency romance novels. Would you like to meet Christian Knightly? He’s a duke, but never expected to inherit the title and wishes he could go back to his former life. Regency romance: the Eardleys Halfway through the eighth book in my Regency ...
Book Marketing: 2 Free Strategies To Target Keen Readers
Book marketing is always a popular topic with members of our writing group, because advertising is expensive. At our last meeting, one member said she hadn’t checked her Amazon ads for a week after creating some new ads. To her horror, she realized she’d made an error and went way over ...
Writing Challenges: 4 Easy Tricks To Overcome Them
In one of our online writers’ group meetings, we discussed writing challenges. When you strike problems with a piece of writing it’s easy to feel overwhelmed and procrastinate. Alternatively, you might give up completely. Several authors admitted that they had unfinished books littering their ...
Regency Romance: When She’s A Spinster (And He’s A Military Man)
If you love Regency romance, I hope you’ll enjoy The Lady And The Military Man: Conquer My Heart. It’s the fourth novel in the Eardley of Gostwicke Hall series: the story of Lady Jane Vernon and her military man, Kelly Baker-Cornhill, the fifth son of an earl and a magnet to ...
Writing Fiction: Start With People To Avoid Plot Disasters
In our latest writers’ group meeting, we talked about writing fiction and character creation and development. We’re back to our regular meetings, thank heavens. Sadly, our group’s been decimated, but we’ll build it up again. Start with plot or characters? That’s a topic which never ...