January 2016

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January is almost over and I'm taking stock of 2015 already. If  you're anything like me, you made several New Year resolutions: To get that novel finished To self-publish said novel Crack the code for social media exposure To market your novel to the world To retire, wealthy, to a desert island! I wonder which of these is your highest priority. Highest priority: Building an audience Yes, for me, it's building an audience. Then,...

I adopt a belt and braces approach to everything. It's rare for us to run out of the essentials: coffee, loo rolls or alcohol. I overstock. I subscribe to an online Backup service so I can rest easy knowing I can access my files from any machine, anywhere in the world. I set up Auto-save ...

I have been 'en vacance' since Saturday 5 December, relying on a MacPro laptop and intermittent Internet access from my holiday apartment for exploring Scrivener and posting to my blog, and hopefully, no one noticed. But, yesterday, the laptop died and all my attempts to breathe life into it have failed. It will need looking at by someone in an Apple Store in the UK. So, apologies! I won't be able to...

This week I've been working on an Editing tutorial for my RedPenners. I'm developing a one-hour presentation to deliver as a webinar, all about 'point of view'. Where to start? Always, always, with 'research'. I Google 'point of view' and there are hundreds of articles to read. I am away from home with limited, slow and unreliable Internet access. I'll need to read these articles offline. I set up the necessary folders in Scrivener. I have...