1. Market is flooded with non-books

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    February 15, 2018 by Carmel

    He messaged me to say that if he only charged $5 then he wouldn’t make enough profit.  Hmm, profit before …
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  2. Audiobooks more important than ever

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    January 21, 2018 by Carmel

    It is one of my goals this year to make my seven novels available as audiobooks.  That goal has become …
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  3. A Christmas gift for a lost soul

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    November 1, 2017 by Carmel

      “He set out from the Highlands of Scotland in 1885, full of hope for the future in the new …
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  4. What is historical and what is fiction?

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    October 22, 2017 by Carmel

    “Do you think the character of Claire in the Outlander series really walks through a stone to get back to …
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  5. True story set in Scotland and Australia

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    October 5, 2017 by Carmel

    As William has no grave marker, this book is his legacy. I have lived with the spirit of William McDonald …
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  6. Do readers need labels to help them buy a book?

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    September 7, 2017 by Carmel

    I read an article recently that suggested books published by independent authors, if they can make it into a bricks …
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  7. Have you ever read your own books?

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    April 20, 2017 by Carmel

    As an author, you start with a blank page, endless days and nights of researching, writing, editing, proofing, getting the …
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  8. The art of appreciation

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    March 2, 2017 by Carmel

    Writers are forever on the go – reading, researching, writing, editing, proofing, marketing, networking.  It’s an endless cycle.  With the …
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  9. A new release

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    February 6, 2017 by Carmel

    Creating a book is like giving birth to a child.  In the embryonic stage you are hoping that all the …
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  10. Offensive words belong to history

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    February 3, 2017 by Carmel

    While researching The Undertaker:Masquerade I needed to know what a homosexual man would have been called at the time. In …
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