by Karen Brown | Mar 30, 2020 | Formatting, Publish your book
If you’ve been to a bookshop recently (and I know that has been difficult lately), you will have noticed that books come in all sorts of sizes. As a self-publishing author it’s your job to know the right size for your book, so that when you upload your...
by Karen Brown | Mar 16, 2020 | Mindset practices
The other night a dreamed about my mum. I forget most of the dream, but the last bit really stuck with me. You see she passed away 6 years ago, around this time. In my dream, Mum was sad. There was something wrong and we needed to get somewhere, so she got in the car....
by Karen Brown | Mar 9, 2020 | Book covers, Publish your book
In days gone by, book covers were easy: they were simply a coloured hardback book with gold leaf printing on the spine and front cover. These days you have a range of materials and images that are available as book covers and not only that. Now books come in the shape...
by Karen Brown | Mar 2, 2020 | Mindset practices
I don’t know if it’s a Catholic thing or an Irish thing, but every year over here, we have a mass said for a person who has gone before us. In my family, so many people have passed away in March that we’d almost take up all the weekends that...
by Karen Brown | Feb 24, 2020 | Publish your book, Write your book
As I’ve started helping aspiring authors, I get asked a lot of questions about the process, but three questions keep popping up: how long does it take to write a book? how do you know if the book is any good? what do I do once I’ve published my book? So,...
