I’m preparing to fly back to my homeland today after nearly 6 months in Egypt – I think that’s my longest stay away from the UK ever, other than my time in Bolivia. It’s funny the things you miss from the land of your birth when you live abroad. It’s not really the tangible things …
Every Father’s Day or Christmas or birthday I struggle with what to get the men in my life – they can only have so many socks and ties right? Anyway who wants to buy lame gifts that will stay in the drawer unworn until they are eventually re-gifted or thrown out to make room for …
This week has seen me fighting the never ending tick epidemic that seems to have hit my little corner of Egypt. My four dogs are covered despite my best efforts with Frontline and other anti-tick applications (if anyone has advice I’d be delighted to hear it). Anyway I haven’t had as much time to enjoy the …
I never quite know what to do when one of my own articles hits this list – it must be my Englishness coming out, embarrassed by success and wanting to downplay it. So I’m feeling all-sorts-of-uncomfortable with the number one position but then again it’s good to know I’m providing useful information, or in the …
This week we have a fine collection of articles on the art and business of writing, self-publishing and marketing. We have some great ideas for marketing your book and achieving higher sales figures and for those of you looking for a few writing techniques tips, well, we have those as well. So as always sit …
I’ve been procrastinating a lot again recently so I had to go back and re-read my own article on writing productivity and guess what – my own advice worked! So I’m back to attacking the keyboards with vigour – much as the rest of the writing community has been judging by this week’s bunch of …
How I wish I had a time control app and I don’t mean a productivity app but rather one that could slow down time and allow me to achieve more. I can’t believe another week has flown by but sure enough it’s Monday again already which can only mean it’s time to share this week’s top 20 …
Another week has passed and thankfully the writing community has been busy writing their hearts out to supply a huge number of deeply inspirational & informative articles on writing, self-publishing and marketing books. This week I have a great selection for you… from self-editing your manuscript to setting up a pre-order on Amazon for the self-publisher. …
If you are a long-term reader of Novel Experience you will know that I love visuals of every kind and I love colour. But finding an ongoing sources of images can be expensive. I use Depositphoto* and Envato Market for my paid images but I love to find free images to spice up the articles …
What would you do if your language was too limiting for the genre of writing you wanted to write. If you had to write Shakespearean English to write a modern thriller? Or your native brogue was spoken by so few that your audience would be tiny? For those of us luckily enough to be able …
