Tag Archives for " self-publishing "

Episode 194: Margo Aaron Yells On My Podcast

November 29, 2019
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

Margo Aaron is a splendid writer and even more splendid human being, and I managed to persuade her to come and yell on the podcast. Yay! Tune in to find out what working in mental health has to do with

Episode 193: Being Interested In Everything

November 22, 2019
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

Joe does a very passable impression of a Klingon and I marvel at the fact we've been married for TEN YEARS without any frying pan incidents. This week, we go off on some impressive tangents while explaining

Episode 192: How To Outline Your Business Book Lightning-Fast

November 15, 2019
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

This week, I'm having such a bad hair day that I'm wearing a bobble hat – but at least there's less spluttering. Joe and I talk about the books we're currently reading, then dive into why writing

How To Outline Your Business Book Lightning Fast

November 12, 2019
/ Blog Creativity Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

Photo by Josep Castells on UnsplashQuick Summary...When you sit down to write a book and you realise just how much bloody hard work is involved, and you're staring at the Blank Page Of Doom in despair,

Episode 191: Asking The Right Questions

November 8, 2019
/ Podcast
/ By Harriet Randall

I have the plague and Joe is left to steer the ship in this week's episode of the 1,000 Authors Show. Between bouts of coughing and spluttering, we explain why many would-be authors struggle to get

Why aren’t you achieving your goals?

November 7, 2019
/ Blog Creativity Inner Dickhead Mindset
/ By Vicky Fraser

"Why aren't you achieving your goals?"That's the subject line of an email that arrived in my inbox from my good friend Yinka earlier this week.I'll be honest, it was like being punched in the stomach.

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

Episode 190: 4 Lurking Horrors That Will Kill Your Book

November 1, 2019
/ Podcast
/ By Vicky Fraser

Joe and I are surrounded by spooks and ghouls in this Hallowe'en edition of the 1000 Authors Show. Listen in, if you dare, to the four lurking horrors that will kill your book... unless you slay them

? 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