Sunday, 13 August 2023

B086 PLANNING SCHOOL VISITS


As a childrens book author you should be loooking at sharing your work with children. One of the best and easiest ways of doing this is through planning school visits. In this podcast we discuss how to go about organising your school visits.


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Saturday, 5 August 2023

P109 WHAT MAKES A GOOD PROTAGONIST


No matter what genre or style you write your story in, whether for book, stage or screen, you always need to make sure you have a good, no a great protagonist. In this podcast we discuss what makes a good hero/heroine and we offer samples from a couple of popular films to help you get the feel of our theme.


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Saturday, 29 July 2023

B085 WHY A COPYRIGHT PAGE & ISBN ON EBOOKS


In light of the confusion over AI and it's effects on writers, today we are discussing why you should consider having both a copyright page and an ISBN for your ebooks.

We will doing further podcasts about how AI, plagiarism, copyright and how it could affect your work in the future.


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Saturday, 22 July 2023

P108 WHICH MARKETING METHODS SUIT YOU


Marketing is probably every authors nightmare. I often stress that authors are a business and you are, which means you need all the help you can when its comes to getting your work out there. In this podcast, I want to look at digital marketing and how you could utilise it to help your promotions and marketing programme.


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Saturday, 15 July 2023

IX1 THE PROS & CONS OF 'THREADS'


Following the release of the new app 'Threads' we offer you some quick buttlet points which give you the pros and cons of what Threads is all about. We will report more about this new addition to the Facebook/Instagram/WhatApp family as we discover it.


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Monday, 10 July 2023

I008 IN CONVERSATION WITH - MK JONES - AUTHOR


Today I am 'In Conversation With'... Welsh Author MK Jones. Mary has written who series of books using her geneology background as inspiration. She shares with us details of her latest books and the forthcoming ones she is currently working on. Mary also shares some usefult tips for all new and developing writers of all genres.


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Monday, 3 July 2023

P107 EXPLAINING BLEED IN PRINTING


If you are including any illustrations in your written work, including your cover, and are publishing the book yourself then it is important to understand the need for good bleed. Today we talk about the need for the exacting measurements needed to produce a perfect copy of your book. Thanks go to OldMateMedia (Australia) for their assistance in producing this podcast).


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