Some news! I am delighted to share that I am now working with Sam Missingham on her author membership, The Empowered Author. Sam and I worked together at HarperCollins, on some big projects like the first ever digital romance festival and a live event with …
Was October actually only 31 days? The beginning of the month was incredibly difficult on a personal level, but fortunately things started to feel a bit easier as the month went on. This is a very short round up of what felt like a loooong …
I love reading about the tools people rely on to manage their work, so I thought I would shared some of my favourite tools for self-employed life, and how I use them. Some of the links in here are affilliate links, but I’ve only included …
Author collaboration is a great way to grow your platform. You only have to read something like the ‘kidney woman’ article to get the sense that authors can be a very competitive, and not particularly friendly, bunch. I’ve heard stories about Facebook and WhatsApp groups …
It’s the end of September! I can’t quite believe that we are here already. There are so many autumn lovers out there, but I am not one of them. September feels like the last chance to cling on to summer. I miss the bright evenings …
Did you get one of the hats? How about a branded tote bag? Did you spend £50 to make a candle in a very tangential workshop in east London? Or buy a coffee from one of the Beautiful World branded coffee trucks? Did you queue …
Some background before I start this post: I am a white-passing, cis-het woman, in a wealthy country. On the one hand, I am a single parent of two children, and get no financial support from my ex. On the other, I have parents who are …
In August, after a chance conversation, I decided to log out of Instagram for the month. I work with authors on their social media, so taking this time off felt almost like a kind of sacrilege. How can I help people with their social media …
I haven’t been on Facebook or Instagram this month, but it has been a Full On time for me. I feel like it’s been around 3 months long, so much has happened. So I thought I’d share a little August life update of what I’ve …
Even before I started my current social media break, I have been thinking about marketing without social media. How I can do more of it, and how I can help my author clients to do it more. It’s not that I don’t think social media …