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Don’t write like you speak!

November 6, 2019
/ Author Blog Editing Printing Publishing Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

Oh my gosh, how many times have I heard the advice "write like you speak"?(So many, that if I had a spoon for every time I heard it, I'd never run out of teaspoons again. What happens to teaspoons?

Asking The Right Questions

November 4, 2019
/ Blog Creativity Mindset Preparing To Write Writer's Block
/ By Vicky Fraser

Quick SummaryWe spend so much time looking for answers, we rarely stop to think if we’re asking the right questions.And sometimes we don’t know which questions to ask at all…Which makes sitting

? Haunted by horrific howlers

November 1, 2019
/ Author Blog Editing Printing Publishing Writing Your Book
/ By Harriet Randall

Staring in horror at the book in front of me, my heart stopped for a moment.Hell, the whole world stopped – and I wondered if it'd ever start up again.I could not believe what I was seeing: the table

4 Lurking Horrors That’ll Kill Your Book

October 29, 2019
/ Blog Inner Dickhead Marketing Printing Publishing Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

Quick SummaryBeware the spooks, ghouls, and monsters lurking in the shadows, waiting to destroy your book…Ghosts, ghouls, and demons aren’t real, of course — but that doesn’t mean you and your

Having a religious experience

October 24, 2019
/ Blog Marketing Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Do you have a temple?An inner sanctum for thinking deep thoughts?Or are you constantly fighting an external cacophony, your attention fractured into a thousand shards, brittle and spiky?If you hope to

Same-Same But Different

October 18, 2019
/ Blog Marketing Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Today, I'm on a reading adventure in Bath.If you've never visited Bath, you must do so – not only is it a stunning city full of history and stories, it's also full of quirk.I'm here because for my 40th

Strippers shafted by sharecropping

October 17, 2019
/ Blog Marketing Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Shadowbanning.It's been causing outrage in the pole dancing and burlesque community – and rightly so – because Instagram and Facebook have taken it upon themselves to decide what's "appropriate" content,

Your Pencils Could Always Be Sharper

October 16, 2019
/ Blog Mindset Preparing To Write Writing Skills Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

Photo by Ramakant Sharda on UnsplashQuick SummaryHave you ever heard that answer in job interviews?The one that makes you feel faintly like defenestrating the guilty party who says, "Oh,

Don’t drink and prime

October 10, 2019
/ Blog Marketing Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Do you know what the most dangerous invention is for a bookaholic?Amazon Prime.I do a lot of my book shopping in real-life bookshops, but when I hear of a book that sounds interesting, I panic that I'll

Writer’s Block Is A Big Hairy LIE

October 8, 2019
/ Blog Clients Creativity Mindset Preparing To Write Writing Skills Writing Your Book
/ By Vicky Fraser

Quick SummaryHave you ever been stuck? Staring at the Blank Page of Doom in despair?Yep, me too.Have you ever blamed it on "writer's block"?Yep, me too.Here's the thing, though: there's no such thing as

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