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#Howto use #Twitter — a tutorial for absolute beginners

Just read this excellent tutorial on Indies Unlimited and thought I’d share. Honestly, I wish I’d seen it when I first started out on Twitter. In it you will find everything you need to know to get started :

Publishing — is the Big Five cabal really so…inept?

My most recent article on the writing game just went up on Indies Unlimited:

You’ll never see toast the same way again!

Okay, people, I know two posts about writing in as many days is probably a bit much, but this one is so funny!

Here’s a teensy weensy sample talking about the concept of ‘the Chosen One’, and how much of a cliche it is. Author…

Soft selling in the digital age

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Flash fiction by Joan Childs — a review

I’m no expert on flash fiction, and I certainly never thought I’d ‘review’ a story only 200 words long, but this story really got to me. Not only is it like a prose Haiku — perfect and complete in a tiny package — it also bears a message of love that…

Blocked or Bored?

Apologies, I always feel a little embarrassed promoting my own work but… I’ve written a piece on writer’s block for Indies Unlimited. If you’re interested you can find it here :

The case against digital anonymity

Indies Unlimited has just posted my article — Anonymity — the dark side of social media. In it I explore the darker aspects of the social media explosion, and the blurring of the boundaries between the digital world and the real one.

3-part article on reviews and reviewers

I woke this morning to find that Indies Unlimited had posted the first part of a three-part article I recently submitted. Damned timezones! Anyway, Part two comes out tomorrow, and Part three the day after.

Walking the tightrope between Work and Writing

My latest article on Indies Unlimited just went live. This is a snippet from the beginning :

‘I have always admired people who can write, hold down a job, care for children, do marketing and wield a vacuum cleaner while…