Writing a bestseller – with sales of over 100,000 – is both an art and a craft. The skills of a writer and the techniques of marketing need to be applied. Here are some of the the things I learned on my fourteen year journey to seeing The Istanbul Puzzle translated into 10 languages with sales … Continue reading
A key task for me in the lead up to the launch by Harper Collins of my new novel, The Manhattan Puzzle, Oct 10 – http://viewbook.at/B00CCUB80C – is the establishment of relationships with key bloggers in my genre. So far I have been promised that a post about the book and its 7 key themes at … Continue reading
xTended is a project intended to bring out of copyright Irish writing into the age of social media. Our goal is to use pictures, sound, video, comments, fan fiction, book clubs, comments and text to extend the literature, poetry and plays that are a key part of Ireland’s heritage into a place where hundreds of … Continue reading
One day course on using social media at the Irish Writers Centre On Saturday the 20th July I will be running a one day course on using social media to get noticed. The course is at the Irish Writers Centre, Parnell Square, Dublin, It will run from 10:30 – 4:30. The course is designed to … Continue reading
I got this great position near the door of a bookstore in Dublin last January for my first two novels by building a personal relationship with the staff there and by offering to hold low cost workshops to them. Unfortunately the shop is now gone. But I do think trading is a good way for … Continue reading
Do you want your writing to be promoted to 130,000 readers? Do you want help to get your writing noticed? Do you want a report on how you can improve your social media presence? Do you want a guide to social media? In January 2010 I was unpublished and unknown. Now I get on morning TV, national … Continue reading
