Blog posts - page 29
Accidental plagarism
16 Nov 2019 creativity
I read a poem at an open mic a couple of months back. I was quite pleased with it. Only recently did I realise the central image was almost the same as another poet’s work who I had seen a couple of months before. Without realising it, I had completely ripped them off.
Songs for November
12 Nov 2019 music
Pauline Seawards shared this and I just had to share it as well.
November
07 Nov 2019 poetry
The cold makes a home
deep inside your weary bones.
Frost glimmers and grins.
New poem at Highland Park Poetry
05 Nov 2019 publications
Hello, I’m really pleased to have a new poem at Highland Park Poetry called Fluvial Dreams. All the poems are water themed. Check it out here.
6 Ways to Promote Your Book
04 Nov 2019 stories
- Be active on social media. Don’t just endlessly spam your book, engage with different conversations. Make book marketing personal!
- Get a professional to design your cover. If the book is a romance novel, make sure they include archaic runes, a dragon, headshots of the cast of Saved by the Bell: The New Class and kittens. If it’s a fantasy novel, add two dragons.
- Know your audience. Know who they are, what things they like to read and watch. Know the bars they hang out at. Know where they live. Know what their diary says, the one they keep in...
