I had never heard the name Barack Obama until Oprah Winfrey first interviewed him and his wife Michelle on her show in October 2006. However
Following my book ‘Best friends and Bastards’’ moderate success on the KDP select programme on Amazon last time I had offered it free, and in
Indie Success By mid January 2012, my debut novel, ‘Best Friends and Bastards,’ had been languishing inside the great labyrinth’s of Amazon for close to
Self Publishing Success Forgive me for being so tardy in getting this blog out. I have been furiously trying to get my next novel, ‘The
Self publishing – The Indie world. One day, my manuscript gathering dust on my shelves, I received an email from my son, Liam McCallum, in
Just for the kids I’m taking a quick break from blogging about myself and my experiences with writing and getting publishing and I’m adding something
Getting Published – The Traditional Publishing Route. My first attempt at writing a manuscript came in the form of a memoir: two years of my
Once again, I would like to state that I don’t believe there is any formula that works for all writers, whether it’s a page, paragraph,
How to? You want to know how to? How to write? So, do you think I’ve written enough ‘how to’s’ yet? The reason for this,
Following through on my commitment to read all 324 pages of ‘Harmonic Wealth’ in one weekend in bed in order to find my passion, my
Without trying to sound too ‘New Age,’ I believe that books have a way of finding you. As the saying goes; ‘the teacher arrives when
So, let me get to the point (at last, I hear you say!). How did I discover my passion for writing? Well, for most of
I have to admit something here. I have never completed a tertiary course in my adult life. Not Nursing, not University, not Fashion design. Not
The Oxford dictionary describes passion as ‘a strong and barely controllable emotion’ or ‘an intense desire for something,’ which pretty well sums it up! Imagine
