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What Readers Want From Great Fantasy Fiction

December 1, 2020

The imaginary worlds and characters of fantasy fiction continue to enthral readers around the world.

Saying No To Domestic Violence & Breaking The Cycle Of Abuse

November 26, 2020

In reality, very few partners leave at the onset of abuse. Families live with domestic abuse for a significant period of time, and the abused will often return to the perpetrator after attempting to leave.

What Makes A Good Plot?

November 16, 2020

You know the ones! The edge of your seat, knuckle gnawing, nail biting books. So, what makes for a good plot. Is there a magic recipe? Or is it just potluck?

The Importance Of Historical Fiction

November 14, 2020

Whilst there is undoubted value in considering historical context, not least because past forces, individuals and trends both shape the present and provide valuable lessons for our future decisions, is historical fiction of any value?

Writing About Religion – The Good & The Bad

November 3, 2020

It is estimated that there are approximately 4,300 religions in the world. Even then, the concept of religion itself is hard to understand – in some people’s eyes synonymous with spirituality, and in others largely a vehicle for control.

Time Travel Fiction – Would You Want To Know The Future?

November 2, 2020

The magical allure of time travel has held a fascination for the layman and scientist alike. Indeed, no well-read individual can think of time travel without their mind creeping back to H.G Wells.

Teaching Kids With Autism to Read Using Play and Games

October 29, 2020

The best you can bring to the reading adventure is your imagination, sense of humor, and your love of reading. Playing with a child with ASD can be enjoyable and enlightening. That playtime is also fertile ground for planting the seeds of reading.

Top Tips For Writing Suspense

October 19, 2020

There are a number of essential techniques an author must master if they ever want to top a bestsellers list and none more so than the ability to deliver genuine suspense.

How Authors Supercharge Their Imagination

October 18, 2020

Ever had writers block? Hardly surprising! Here are our three tips to send your imagination skyward….

The Best Fictional Heroes – Is Your Hero The Next Bestseller?

October 15, 2020

Heroes come and go. That’s certainly true of the fictional variety where very few linger in the mind beyond the last page of a novel. So what makes the perfect fictional hero?

Should Authors Blog Or Is Blogging Dead?

October 13, 2020

When Huffpost Editor-in-chief Jimmy Leach announced the closure of its blogging platform he said that “publishing thousands of blogs has been a distraction from the delivery of impactful, targeted investigations, explainers, breaking news and lifestyle and entertainment journalism.”

Dealing With Rejection For Authors

October 10, 2020

As writers, we knowingly place ourselves in a position where we will undoubtedly face more rejection than the average person and it seems to me that how we handle that part of the creative process is often key to our success.

Books Of Enchantment

October 7, 2020

As the years advance, I have lost count of how many books I’ve read but on reflection, it hardly seems relevant. What is truly noteworthy is how many leave a lasting impression on us.

Increasing Book Sales Using Social Media

September 24, 2020

Social Media is rapidly becoming the mainstream marketing medium for all industry sectors and for authors it has become essential for building reader awareness.

Work-Life Balance For Authors In A Digital Age

September 23, 2020

Go back not so many years and an author was just that-an author…. who wrote, and at the most maybe edited their own work. How different things are today!

Why Is Crime Fiction So Popular?

September 20, 2020

The popularity of Crime Fiction might wax and wane but at the end of the day, it still remains one of the most popular genres.

Why the increasingly rapid change in language is a good thing.

September 15, 2020

It is an inescapable fact that Language is always changing, evolving, and adapting to the needs of successive generations. It’s the way of evolution and as long as the needs of language users continue to change, so will the language.

Books About Near Death Experiences – Changing Our Perceptions Of Life After Death.

September 13, 2020

Near Death Experience’s or NDEs as they are more commonly called are not a new phenomenon; they’ve been reported throughout history and yet few subjects create so much division.

Why Do We Love To Be Frightened?

September 12, 2020

Dusk creeps upon you as you make your way home, bringing with it the stillness and dark of night. As one sense shutters another opens, magnifying each whisper of wind-every shuffle on the pavement behind you.

Fiction & Survival Stories

September 7, 2020

I read with both fascination and disgust as I learned how he was attacked by a bear who scalped him and left part of his skull flapping open but was not prepared to lay down and die.

Fiction and mortality – living forever.

September 6, 2020

We are constantly and enduringly fascinated with fictional accounts of parallel existence, alternative realities and genetic engineering. Films such as ‘The Fountain’ present immortality as attainable, whilst books such as ‘The Book Thief’ (Markus Zusak) explore the nature of death, in this case by death himself acting as narrator.