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 | Sep 19, 2019 | Psychology, Writing Topics
Do you ever wake up with a song playing in your head? With lyrics by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, this one, I discovered, was originally recorded as a demo for Dionne Warwick in 1963, and first charted for Lou Johnson in the summer of 1964. And then, in the early...
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 | May 3, 2019 | Writing Topics
1. Self Publishing Is Easy (according to some!) Firstly, choose a size for your print book, format your Word manuscript to fit that size, turn your Word doc into a PDF, create some cover art in Photoshop, turn that into a PDF, and upload it all to the self publisher...
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 | Dec 22, 2018 | Writing Topics
Many people lump black birds (crows or ravens) and pied ones, such as the Australian magpie, all together, and think of them as “birds of ill omen” or some such. Of course, not everyone dislikes birds that are black. My brother recounts a legend in his...
