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Diana Jackson

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  • Maggi Andersen ~ 4th of my Summer Special Successful Indie Authors

    I’m so happy to welcome author Maggie Andersen to share her writing journey with us. She lives way over in Australia which just goes to prove that blogging brings the world together. This series of posts are aimed to appeal to writers, fans and potential readers alike. Maggi is a successful Indie Author of Regency…

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  • Tony Riches ~ 3rd Summer Special of Successful Indie Authors

    I’m so pleased to have this interview today with author Tony Riches. This is one of a series of posts aimed to appeal to writers, fans and potential readers alike. Tony is a successful Indie Author of Historical Fiction. Hello Tony, Do you mind me asking; was the success in your writing career a gradual…

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  • Anne Allen ~ 2nd Summer Special of Successful Indie Authors

    I’m especially pleased to have this interview with Anne Allen; a successful Indie Author of ‘The Guernsey Novels’. Being a lover of The Channel Islands I have read several of Anne’s books. I hope this will appeal to writers, fans and potential readers alike… Welcome on my blog Anne!  Thank you, Diana, I appreciate you…

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  • Adam Croft ~ 1st of my Summer Special Interviews of Successful Indie Authors

    I’m so pleased to be fortunate to have this interview with author Adam Croft, which is aimed to appeal to writers, fans and potential readers alike. Adam is a successful Indie Author of Crime Fiction who has sold over 1 million novels worldwide. Hello Adam, Do you mind me asking, was the success in your…

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  • Summer Special ~ Interviews with Successful Indie Authors

    DO YOU WANT TO HEAR HOW SOME AUTHORS WROTE THEIR WAY TO SUCCESS? For the month of August, starting on Monday 3rd August and every Monday after, I will be interviewing successful Indie Authors, whether they have self published all of their writing career, sat on the both sides of the fence ~ both Trad…

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  • Genre Bending Novels ~ What, Where and How ~ Answers for Writers and Readers

    Have you even wanted to write or read a book which doesn’t quite fit into the norm of genre? For the writer Here’s some useful advice for the writer on current trends, how to go about writing such a novel and how to pitch it or market it once it’s completed. For the Reader Following…

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  • Themes in Novel Writing ~ 6 ~ Themes to Craft an Alternative Mystery Genre Novel

    Keeping up the tension in a novel ~ Typical crime mysteries In a murder mystery themes of death, fear, hatred, evil, crime and a multitude of equally negative themes keep up the tension in a novel. Of course, with a missing person theme, or in the case of my latest novel missing people, all of…

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  • Themes in Novel Writing ~4 ~ Gender Inequality

    This is part of a series on Themes in Writing Novels, some we chose deliberately, some we develop as the novel unfolds and others we slip into quite by chance, but Themes are certainly worth thinking about for writing the back blurb or book description and for marketing purposes, to find your target audience. What…

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