We live by faith. Think about it. You get up to go about your day with faith that it is not your last day on earth. You pray to God with faith that He will hear and answer you. Every action is made in faith. If you didn’t have faith, Read more…
What do you do when, now that you’re no longer a child, the truth about your reality comes to light? What do you do when you realise the truth about your existence? What do you do when you realise that the people who birthed you did not expect to have Read more…
As a first-time writer, you may experience two extremes: your current word count either exceeds the general word range significantly (too many words), or it’s significantly less than the general word range (too little words). What could be the reason? Most importantly, how do we fix it? Too many words Read more…
Children’s literature may seem like the easiest genre to publish. Perhaps it is, but you’d still be shooting yourself in the foot to self-publish this genre without the relevant knowledge to hinder you from going astray from the standards, compromising the quality of your children’s book. It is also Read more…
As a self-published author, marketing your book can be a challenge, mainly because you would be doing the work on your own instead of relying on a publishing house which would ideally have all the resources and an already established audience. Let’s start from the beginning and dissect (in layman’s Read more…
A book title is just as important as the actual contents of the book that we spend the most time on in our writing journey. It’s important because, just like the book cover, it is the first thing a potential reader sees before they read the synopsis or the reviews. Read more…
A memoir is undoubtedly one of the most personal genres one can choose. It may also be one of the easiest to write when it comes to content. The latter may come as a shock, I know. In this blog, I’m going to show you why I say that. But Read more…
For anyone who has started or wants to start on their journey of publishing a book, especially when they don’t have much knowledge of what the journey entails, it can be overwhelming. It can be even more daunting when deciding to go the self-publishing route, because that means you’ll be Read more…
Self-publishing can either be costly or surprisingly affordable. The good news is that you can choose the services you want and not necessarily complete the full self-publishing package in one go – you can take your time, paying for one service at a time. Another great thing is that Read more…
You have a complete manuscript; you’ve written all that you could write. Now what? As a first-time author – or as someone who’s had their fair share of a not-so-great experience in getting their book ready for publication – it may be a little overwhelming to decide what the next Read more…
If I were to tell you there’s one way to write and finish a book that will work for every single person, I’d be lying. That’s because everybody is different: we live different lives and have different personalities. What works for one person may not work for the other. “What Read more…
On the previous blogpost, we looked into the role of editors and proofreaders in trade books. It was also pointed out that there is actually more to editing than just fixing spelling and grammatical errors. There are different types of editing, and each serve a purpose. For first-time and aspiring Read more…