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Market is flooded with non-books
Leave a commentFebruary 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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Audiobooks more important than ever
2January 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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A Christmas gift for a lost soul
Leave a commentNovember 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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What is historical and what is fiction?
Leave a commentOctober 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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True story set in Scotland and Australia
Leave a commentOctober 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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Do readers need labels to help them buy a book?
Leave a commentSeptember 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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Have you ever read your own books?
Leave a commentApril 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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The art of appreciation
Leave a commentMarch 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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A new release
Leave a commentFebruary 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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Offensive words belong to history
Leave a commentFebruary 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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