Some Things You Need to Know as an Author
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How to write a great back cover book blurb
What if my book sucks?
Original and Wild Voices in Storytelling
The 7 writing styles
What does a book editor cost?
Why you need to block off a date with your book
Categories or subgenre of memoir
Six Things Authors Can Do To Get Your Book Move Visible
Novel writers? Know your fiction genres
Top 10 Best-Selling Fiction Authors of All Time
Villainous characters
Character Profile Worksheet
Non Fiction Book Structures
How to structure your non fiction book
Do you need to be an expert to write?
Book Lengths What Are You Aiming For?
The 10 Revision Stages of a Novel
But is this book really yours?
7 questions writers most often ask me
Self publishing your book? Independent Publishers in South Africa
How to get a barcode and ISBN for books in South Africa
Book titles really do sell books
Writing is about keeping going
The types of scenes all books need
Should I traditionally publish or indie publish?
Key things authors can do to get a book promoted
Editing your book – Second Draft Rules
Sending your book off to publishers and agents
Beta Reader? Manuscript Appraisal? Editor? How to take the next steps
Rewriting (and rewriting and rewriting)
Let's Netflix your book
Create your Author Brand - with brand expert Tessa Graham
Writing your story - how do you hook a reader from the start?
How to sell that book (once its published)
Why Your Book Needs a Single Big Idea
What are publishers looking for in 2023?
Write, Publish, Profit
Write a movie-style logline for your book
What is a ghostwriter and why may you need one?
Who’s causing trouble in your story?
Memoir writing - 5 characters you need in your cast
A decade of no writing... then this
The 4 Questions Every Author Should Ask
Find your novel's genre (and sub-genre). Don't start until you are clear
I stopped mucking about and finally wrote my book - Zoe Scholz
The types of scenes your book needs
How to Write About Yourself
Rainmakers, Initiation and Climate Change
How to Build a Book (hint... scene by scene)