How Authors Can Re-purpose their Podcast Interviews – A Guest Post

This week, it give me great pleasure to share with you a guest post by the wonderful and inspiring Viv Oyolu. Viv is an audio marketing expert, and has interviewed me twice now. I love her easy conversational style. Here Continue reading How Authors Can Re-purpose their Podcast Interviews – A Guest Post

30 Days to First Draft

Why wait for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month)? There’s no rule that says the only time you can try to write a novel in a month must be November. I knew that August would be a fairly quiet month for Continue reading 30 Days to First Draft

Team Work is Dream Work

It gives me great pleasure to share another guest post with you this week. Crime fiction writer, Helen, alias; AA Abbott. Her post really resonates with me and I hope it inspires you too. As a business coach and an Continue reading Team Work is Dream Work

3 Tough Crowdfunding Lessons

I’m proud to host another guest post this week from a friend of mine and fellow organiser of Bristol Festival of Literature, Richard Jones. Richard  is one of the founders of the radical independent publisher Tangent Books, in Bristol. He’s Continue reading 3 Tough Crowdfunding Lessons

4 Ways to Get More Twitter Chatter – A Guest Post

It gives me great pleasure to welcome back the very talented teenaged entrepreneur Marc Guberti. Marc wrote a guest post for Idea’ism in November 2014 on top tips to make better use of your time. You can read it here Continue reading 4 Ways to Get More Twitter Chatter – A Guest Post

7 Things Readers Want from a Great Holiday Read

While the sun is shining, thoughts inevitably drift towards relaxing by the pool or on the beach with an engrossing book and a cocktail… When it comes to books, these low cost treat or gift items peak in popularity at Continue reading 7 Things Readers Want from a Great Holiday Read

The Power of Networking – Top Tips

The internet is a great place to make connections, but there is no substitute for physically meeting people. The people most interested in you on social media and most likely to happily share your content are those that have actually Continue reading The Power of Networking – Top Tips

The Editing Process: 4 Top Tips

Getting your story out of your head and onto the page is just the start. Next comes the lengthy and sometimes traumatic editing process. In February 2015, I completed the first draft of the first part of my next novel;  Continue reading The Editing Process: 4 Top Tips

On the Trail of Local Art

This weekend was the 13th annual Southbank Bristol Arts art trail in Southville and this year I got involved. The hub of the trail is the Southville Centre and I was fortunate enough to be one of the featured artists Continue reading On the Trail of Local Art

Blog 2.0 – The New Idea-ism

I’ve been blogging for some time now and my blog is finally coming home… I started my ‘Idea-ism’ blog in 2013 as a place to assuage the affliction of ‘Idea-ism’. Idea-ism is what I call the syndrome of having too Continue reading Blog 2.0 – The New Idea-ism