Recent content by Bob Parker

I was going to try the hybrid woute to publishing my latest book, having used KDP for my first two. THe first book i published was 50 ,000 words, with a cover made by myself from a photo, and fully wrote and edited myself. It was a small book, a memoir of stories. and I wrote it with the...

I love audiobooks, but they have theri place, and the imersive experience of reading gives the story another flavour. Audio books are good , for me, when i am on a long journey , on train, or even occasionaly driving, but you have to be carefull when driving not to get too in to the story, as...

i have been there, that temptation, the feeling that there is more you can add, or take away. Some of it is that feeling that you just do not want to leave the world you have created. I read that most authors go through this, and i read that SIr Terry Pratchet's assistant often had to STEAL the...

One of the things i have issues with when writing, is that my brain often goes faster than my fingers. Typing away, ideas flowing, then when i pause, word seems to have undelines just about the whole days work! some is letters transposed in words, some is hitting the key next to the letter i...

So , how many of you fall in to the trap that i have. When you start you plan out the story ( outline) which inevitavely has to be amended as the story takes on a life of its own. Then ther is the Character bible, which is amended, frequently, and of course the file of ideas . THen when writing...