by Anne Skyvington | Oct 16, 2019 | Publishing, Writing Topics
I haven’t blogged for some time, because of the steep learning curve I’ve found myself on with the next step in the self publishing process. The Kindle content and the cover photo have long been live on Amazon, and re-uploaded several times:...
by Anne Skyvington | Jun 5, 2019 | Publishing, Writing Topics
What a month it has been! No, make that two—or three…. First a hasty trip to Croatia and to Spain with my husband. I always like to record my travels on my blog, which I did, in between touring around, often alone, (thanks for those cognacs in that foreshore...
by Anne Skyvington | Mar 15, 2019 | Publishing, Writing Topics
Why design an ebook? I wanted to include a special offer for new subscribers to my blog. This is called a lead magnet. I decided to create an ebook based on several of my updated blog posts. I chose five favourite posts from this blog, Craft of Writing. First up I...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 19, 2017 | Publishing, Writing Topics
An Excellent Seminar In July I attended an excellent seminar held at the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) in Ultimo, Sydney, titled “Pitch Perfect”. The convenor, Emily Booth, an editor from Melbourne company, Text Publishing, led the workshop on how to...
by Anne Skyvington | Jul 1, 2017 | Publishing
What is A Pitch? A pitch in publishing can be verbal or written and often a combination of both. Verbal pitches are for face-to-face meetings with an agent or publishers. A synopsis answers the question of what’s in the novel, whereas a pitch tells the...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 5, 2014 | Publishing, Writing A Novel
I recently attended a seminar on Publishing at the NSW Writers Centre entitled “Open Access”. The main message I came away with was: “You must be an author entrepreneur. You need to take part in marketing your own books before, during and after...
