Planning An Author Visit – Booking it in!
Last post I talked about what goes into planning for author visits; here I will take you through what I do once I’ve actually got one...
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kirstie117
- Dec 16, 2022
- 5 min
Planning An Author Visit – Before you begin!
Author visits are one of my absolute favourite things to do. Yes, they can be a little nerve-wracking beforehand. Yes, they do take a bit...
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kirstie117
- Nov 18, 2022
- 4 min
Self-Care For Indie-Authors – How I Work Now
In my last post I took you through a bit of my author life before I started to take self-care more seriously. Now I’m going to let you in...
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kirstie117
- Nov 4, 2022
- 3 min
Self-Care For Indie-Authors – Are you taking time for you?
Being someone who does everything at a million miles an hour - running a business and being a mum of two, self-care is something I have...
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kirstie117
- Oct 21, 2022
- 4 min
Working with your children’s book illustrator
You’ve done your homework and perhaps you’ve already found some illustrators you’d love to work with. What now? Let’s look at the...
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kirstie117
- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
Finding your children’s book illustrator
As a children’s picture book author, crafting the right words is your forte… but the illustrations? Unless you’re also an experienced...
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kirstie117
- Jul 29, 2022
- 4 min
Print on Demand – The Pros and Cons!
So now you know what Print on Demand (POD) is, now you need to know whether it’s for you! What better way to do this, than with a pros...
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kirstie117
- Jul 22, 2022
- 4 min
Print on Demand – How does it work?
If you’re contemplating using a Print on Demand (POD) service to print and distribute your book – this one’s for you! In the simplest...
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kirstie117
- Jul 15, 2022
- 2 min
Systemising My Writing and Publishing Process
After I published my first book, The Witch’s Cat and The Cooking Catastrophe, I wasn’t sure what to do next. I hadn’t planned to publish...
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kirstie117
- Jul 8, 2022
- 2 min
Why did I choose self-publishing?
Before I go into why I chose to self-publish, I’ll start by telling you where I began my writing journey. In 2016 (it seems like a...
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kirstie117
- Jun 3, 2022
- 4 min
You’re an Indie Author, but you’re also so much more…
As an indie author, you’re going to find yourself wearing many hats! At times it can become overwhelming and difficult to motivate...
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kirstie117
- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
So, here we are again! This time it’s the turn of the Retail Chain Stores and Large Outlets!
Are you ready? Here we go! Last post, we looked at getting into independent bookshops and gift shops, the pros and cons, and how to do...
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kirstie117
- Apr 29, 2022
- 4 min
I’ve always loved bookshops… How do I get my books into one?
It’s the dream of many authors to be able to walk into a bookshop and see their work for sale on a shelf there, I completely get it! But...
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kirstie117
- Apr 15, 2022
- 4 min
You’ve written your first draft, but what next?
You’ve had a great idea for a story, you’ve grabbed your notebook and written it down. You’ve even got that story from idea to written...
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kirstie117
- Apr 1, 2022
- 3 min
“I’ve got a great idea for a book, have you got any advice on where I should begin?”
Your publishing plan! I’ve talked in my previous blog post about getting started with the writing process, useful courses, and errors to...
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kirstie117
- Mar 18, 2022
- 3 min
“I’ve got a great idea for a book, have you got any advice on where I should begin?”
Set your writing up for success! It’s a great question and one that I get asked a lot. It’s such a good question that I’ve decided to...
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kirstie117
- Aug 6, 2020
- 5 min
6 BIG lessons I’ve learned indie-publishing my children’s picture books
It was late 2017 and I’d just finished editing the manuscript for my first children’s picture book, The Witch’s Cat and the Cooking...
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kirstie117
- Jul 19, 2020
- 3 min
My first blog: How I started as a children’s picture book author
Hello and welcome to my first blog post! People often ask me about my experiences of being an indie children’s author, so I decided it...
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kirstie117
- Sep 12, 2019
- 1 min
New Blog - COMING SOON!
I'm often asked about my author journey, so, after much procrastination, I've decided to start a blog! So watch this space for my musings...
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