Category Archives: Blogging

7 really useful ‘How To’ articles – Getting the word out on WordPress

Posted on April 13, 2016 by Sue Vincent

A few weeks ago I had a bit of a blip in the stats. Both visitors and views went up to several times the usual numbers. I was curious, especially as there hadn’t been anything of exceptional note published that … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, writing | Tagged blogging guides, how-to, walkthroughs, wordpress | 142 Comments

Suspicion

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Far be it from me to even dream of suggesting that WordPress are happily engineering some new horror to sneak up on us poor, unsuspecting bloggers. The fact that the sites seem to be grinding to a halt every so … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, writing | Tagged improvements, wordpress problems, wordpress tweaks | 71 Comments

Fiza Pathan Interviews Judith Barrow

Posted on March 5, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Fiza Pathan’s insaneowl… and interview with Judith Barrow. “There was one English teacher who taught me in my teens, a man called Leslie Ellenore, who always said that, one day, he would be reading my books. He left … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, writing | Tagged Honno authors, Judith Barrow, Pattern of Shadows, Wales, yorkshire | 2 Comments

Beyond the door… writing prompt

Posted on February 24, 2016 by Sue Vincent

This little doorway stands around three feet high. You can see nothing beyond the wall except a veil of trees…it intrigues me. Michelle Clements James from Book Chat suggested I use the photo as a writing prompt and I thought … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Photography, writing | Tagged door, fiction, imagination, writing prompt | 46 Comments

The power of presence

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Sue Vincent

How much do you matter? You… the writer, the blogger, the quasi-anonymous shadow behind the words on the page and the profile picture that might be years out of date or show merely your cat or a sailing boat? Would … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Life, Rose, writing | Tagged death, inspiration, making a difference, Photography, zest for life | 106 Comments

Ronovan Hester on how to create a character…and a brand new book!

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Ronovan Hester is a familiar face around here… many know him through his Lit World Interviews site, as well as for the weekly writing prompts he hosts on his own blog, Ronovan Writes, including the Haiku Challenge. He is an … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, Blogging, Books, fantasy, fiction, Guest | Tagged Amazon, author, blog tour, character creation, kindle, novel, pirates, sailing ship, writing, writing process | 28 Comments

Not a blog tour – lunch with Helen Jones

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Sue Vincent

It was all Helen’s fault… we wouldn’t have been at St Albans at all except we were meeting her not too far away. Having said that… just look what we would have missed! So we had plenty to talk about … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Birds, Blogging, Books, Don and Wen, Friendship | Tagged bloggers meet up, Helen Jones, Journey to Ambeth, lunch, The Initiate | 35 Comments

Write Like You | Lit World Interviews

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Jo Robinson at Lit World Interviews I remember writing my first book, how I’d agonise over every sentence, desperately not wanting to commit some awful grammar faux pas. I’d haul all my books off my bookshelves and examine … Continue reading →

Posted in Blogging, Books, writing | Tagged finding your voice, novice writer, writing tips | 2 Comments

Modesty, Perfection and Promotions, Guest Post by Sally G Cronin… at TRSA

Posted on January 25, 2016 by Sue Vincent

If it was not for our modesty we would be perfect! This term is usually reserved for those people that we meet who are brazenly open about their achievements and have no problem as they say ‘In blowing their own … Continue reading →