Self publishing

  • Today in the Library I am delighted to host Irish historical fiction author Catherine Kullmann, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Catherine and congratulations on the publication this week of your book, The Murmur of Masks. Hello and thank

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  • Today in the Library I am delighted to host author ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­Dianne Ascroft, who has dropped in to say hello and to share some insights into her life as an author. You are very welcome, Dianne, please introduce yourself: Hi everyone. I’m an urban Canadian writer. I moved to Britain more than a quarter of a

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  • It’s all very well to have a great story but it’s your characters who are going to tell it for you. Besides an overdose of historical detail (which can come across as patronising), a common irritant for me as a reader are characters that are so wishy-washy that you want to slap them … very

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  • I’m joking; if I knew I’d be a millionaire. If anyone tells you they have the magic formula – back away very slowly. I do believe that there is one little piece of magic involved, but I’m not going to reveal what it is until the very end. This world of promotion and marketing is

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