The Singular They: elegant, inclusive and widely used
My non-fiction books now carry the following disclaimer: Like all ALLi guides, this book uses they and their as singular … Read more
GO CREATIVE!
Thoughts on creativity and creativism for authors, artists and everyone
Different Pathways to Self-Publishing Success
This is an extract from my forthcoming book Creative Self publishing, which will publish in September 2020. If you would … Read more
Friday Fiction: How To Self-Edit Book 1 of A Trilogy While Planning Book 2
Writing a trilogy is a massive undertaking and I’m at work on Book 2 of my Yeats trilogy, Dancing in … Read more
Living Out Loud: Going Creative With Freddie Mercury and Queen
This week I spent my create-date with Freddie Mercury, or rather, his reincarnation by Rami Malek in the new movie, … Read more
Font Publications
Font Publications is my publishing imprint. Not all indie authors have an imprint though many do, for all sorts of reasons. … Read more
How I Hope To Turn Poetry into An Income Stream in my Creative Business
Howard Lovy, Managing Editor at The Alliance of Independent Authors, did a Q&A with me recently about my latest experiment: poetry on … Read more
What Is A Creativepreneur?
What Is A Creativepreneur? Creativepreneur is a relatively new job designation, unheard of before the 1990s, and only really taking … Read more
The Indie Author’s Three Hats: Maker, Manager and Marketeer
Setting up and running a successful creative enterprise like an author business, is challenging, for lots of reasons. One reason … Read more
Three Creative Practices for Body Mind and Spirit
The Go Creative method offers three forms of creative practice: . Creative Practice: Body: Effortless Exercise Effortless Exercise is moving the … Read more
Creative Writing: Judging the Amazon Storyteller Competition
I’ve written before about how I love being part of a book club for how it makes you read books … Read more
Would You Like To Help Launch A Bestseller?
What I do Send you copies of my books as I finish them, for you to read and hopefully enjoy. … Read more
Why I Love Pride
I marched with London Pride yesterday. It seemed necessary, after Orlando and Brexit. I love how the LGBT+ community stands up for the … Read more
Talking to the BBC about self-publishing
BBC interview with video journalist Dougal Shaw, together with other fab folk like Michael Tamblyn of Kobo, John Bond of … Read more
Preorder Now: My Next Two Books Coming February 2016
I’ve been doing little less blogging at the moment than usual as I work on my crazy creative challenge for 2016, to … Read more
Crazy Creative Challenge: One Year, 11 Books
I’ve so many books close to being finished that need me to push them through and over the line. Truth … Read more