Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 26, 2012, 8:13 am
Writing and publishing a book is the most amazing process – not just for the pride it gives you as an author but for all the doors it opens as a result. If I hadn’t written those 33 stanzas in 100 Years of Ermintrude back in 2006, I simply wouldn’t be doing what I am doing now.
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 6, 2012, 11:31 am
It’s well over a year since Sally Asling published her first book, Appreciating Angels. Since then the book has really taken off and Sally is about to publish her second fiction book. In the intervening time, she also published a non-fiction business book too to promote her property rental busines...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 4, 2012, 11:27 am
I had the great pleasure recently of interviewing new author Kuumba Nia about her book – The Circle of One. Every so often a book comes your way that simplifies what was previously both complex and hidden to you … they are, of course, always books you wish you could have written so eloquently. ...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Dec 23, 2011, 11:26 am
Violeta and Jutka Zuggo, aka The English Sisters are a force of nature – and one to be reckoned with !! I have never met them in person but feel like I have known them for ever – each time we speak, it’s like chatting to an old friend (or friends). Their ability to get to the core
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Nov 23, 2011, 9:42 am
The story about how I got a publishing deal for film director and script writer, Gerry O’Hara, within less than a month would make a good story in itself. I was at a wedding in June 2012 and was lucky enough to sit on a table next to Gerry. It turned out he’d written three books already
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Oct 23, 2011, 10:41 am
Those that know me, know that I like working quickly and love getting quick results. What has transpired this week working with author and photographer, Asha Patel, has surprised even me. Here’s the diary of how it all unfolded … Monday morning : meet with Asha and we have a one hour light bulb...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Oct 12, 2011, 12:30 pm
One of the most amazing aspects of my work is when a client not only publishes a book but when that book opens unexpected doors for them. Karen Gilbert came on one of my workshops in 2010 and the next time I heard from her, a few months later, it was to ask me a question about
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Oct 10, 2011, 12:04 pm
The Bookwright blog has been going for a few years now and, like all things, is subject to change – change being healthy and cathartic. This will be the last blog post for a while. Note that ‘the Bookwright’ will continue to be my moniker on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook as changing that is a bi...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Sep 27, 2011, 7:35 am
Here’s a fabulous interview with Eddie Yu, author of a new book called Speedlights and Elephants. At a surface level you might take it as yet another book on how to make a million online perhaps making claims that worked for the author but are out of reach for normal mortals. You might cynically t...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 22, 2011, 5:34 am
As many of you are aware, I was surprised as anyone by making the transition from bored IT consultant to specialist at removing writer’s block. If this is new to you, I am not talking about simply getting creative juices flowing (which I also do) but also sometimes dealing with deep trauma and fe...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 3, 2011, 8:27 am
I am as pleased as punch at getting my latest client a publishing deal within less than a month of our first meeting. The reason I am so pleased is that this client, Gerry O’Hara, is 87 years young !! And there’s at least two other books in the pipeline too !! What’s more Gerry has taken on ...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jul 23, 2011, 6:29 am
I am so thrilled to announce that, less than a year since I wrote the original book, Flavours of Thought is now in its Second Edition. The second edition of course includes all the ancient wisdom in the same contemporary context as the first but now there are some added juicy bits such as: - Seven ...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jul 21, 2011, 8:51 am
I was honoured and thrilled to be interviewed by book designer extraordinaire and author of A Self Publisher’s Companion, Joel Friedlander, last week. Joel is one of life’s polymaths and, accordingly, we covered a wide panology of topics in less than 3o minutes such as … How the scientific m...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jun 24, 2011, 12:56 pm
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jun 22, 2011, 7:45 am
In the interests of sharing the power and usefulness of a review both for the author and other readers, I thought I’d share this one that came in recently for my book Blocks … It’s a reminder to all readers to take time to give feedback to authors and for authors never to think a book they
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jun 22, 2011, 5:54 am
Before you get too excited, this is not me but a US-based author called John Locke. He’s very cleverly written a book that described how he did it which itself I suspect will sell another million in less than that time. I’ve just downloaded it for my iPad and it’s brilliant – brilliantly sim...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - May 24, 2011, 4:30 am
One of the best things about being an author is getting to talk to other authors – especially those writing in a similar field to you. One of the writers I have admired for many years who has been really generous with book reviews is Steve Taylor. Even more of a coincidence is that we’re both Ma...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Apr 14, 2011, 5:19 am
It’s simply never a better time to be an author. You can go from edited manuscript to publishing it globally as an ebook within a couple of days and in print within just a few days. My guest this week on the Barefoot Book show was Joel Friedlander who has written an amazing book called A Self
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Apr 13, 2011, 11:33 pm
So you’ve written your ebook but how do you get it out to the world and even start making money from it? Option 1: PDF Well the simplest way is as it has always been – to create a PDF file. This not only preserves the formatting of you source document but ensures it can’t
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Apr 12, 2011, 11:33 pm
… a fresh approach to creating an eBook Sales of ebooks are predicted to overtake paperback books by 2014. For authors especially, simply to bury your head in the sand by saying you prefer a printed book is not an option. Aside from any other consideration, increased royalties make writing with th...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Apr 12, 2011, 7:36 am
If I was writing this article just five years ago, when asked what an ebook is, I would probably have said a PDF. Where PDF is an acronym for Portable Document Format which, unlike say an Word document, is read-only and retains all the source formatting and layout. Nowadays, with the increasing ubiq...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Mar 15, 2011, 5:26 am
A really important asset you need as an author is a good interview. This can be done by text, audio or video. Also, it can be done well before the book is published as useful pre-publicity material – or even to attract a publisher. Like anything else, the more professionally it is done, the better...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Feb 17, 2011, 12:23 pm
Once upon a time, there was not much literacy, no books and certainly no Kindles. If you had a story to tell, you simply had to remember it  Fairy tales and parables were invented and ‘Chinese Whispers’ made sure the details of each story changed slightly on each telling. Apart from the print...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Feb 4, 2011, 5:46 am
I love it when a new author with a new mission and a new purpose emerges kind of from nowhere. I am especially pleased when the author makes the transition from non-fiction to fiction author. Blogger, speaker and all round publishing guru, Joanna Penn – also known as @TheCreativePenn – has done ...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 24, 2011, 5:32 am
Getting a book written and publishing is an amazing acheivement and anybody who does it deserves a big pat on the back. Sadly, that first copy of your book arriving in a Jiffy bag is just one step on your path to fame and fortune as an author and that retirement to a life scribing on a
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 18, 2011, 9:42 am
Many authors think that writing a book and getting it published is equivalent to climbing to the top of a mountain in terms of achievement. This is understandable and everyone who does this deserves a big pat on the back !! The reality is that in terms of you and your book’s journey, you are proba...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 17, 2011, 6:23 am
A book is one of the best business cards you will ever have. Having a book written around your domain expertise is a wonderful door opener. If you would like to share your wisdom and knowledge with the world, it has never been a better time to get your book published and it has never been easier to
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 14, 2011, 4:05 am
What has a boy with leukemia got to do with an oil rig fire? What’s the connection between an aged boxer and a wild gypsy boy? What has a Spanish love affair got to do with an unexpected death on a mini-digger? It can only be a collection of entertaining short stories from a collection of new wri...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jan 1, 2011, 7:37 am
2011 is destined to be an enlightening year for many of us as we move into the main transition phase of 2012. In 20:20 hindsight, I can see than 2010 was a year for laying foundations and clearing residual karma – see That Was 2010 2011 will be about us coming into our full power. As a result of
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Dec 29, 2010, 9:17 am
So another year is nearly behind us and what a year it’s been. For me, much of the ground work I put in place in 2008 and 2009 came to fruition and I’d like to send a big thank you out to all that have helped and contributed along the way. Before launching into another year – and
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Nov 19, 2010, 1:22 am
The In-spirational Hyphen A hyphen can make a huge difference in a word and give it a new semantic and the reader a new insight. I’ve been reading Lee Carroll’s Kryon channellings recently. In his first book, The End Times, he channeled much about “voiding karma” and taking the “neutral i...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Nov 16, 2010, 7:05 am
By far the best way an author can promote their work is through an interview …. but not any old interview. Both the questions asked and the manner in which they are asked and the interview is conducted is crucial to making you feel at ease and communicating your message. I was doubly honoured last...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Nov 12, 2010, 4:57 am
If you have an important message you want to share with the world, how do you go about it? The answer lies in writing a literary Trojan Horse using metaphor and story telling. For example, the secular and the cynic might shy away from the Mind, Body, Spirit section of a bookstore – be it online o...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Nov 1, 2010, 10:01 am
… how to go from an idea to a published book in 7 weeks Here’s a brief summary of a really pleasant project I worked in recently with new author, James McBrearty Step 1: take two labradors and go for a really good walk where you discuss overall aims and ambitions that the author wants from the ...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Oct 27, 2010, 5:10 am
I’ve just woken up this morning and found my latest book has gone through the whole production process with O-books and has gone off to the printers!! What this means is that I can proudly claim to have three non-fiction books published in just over a year – and what’s more, they even make a s...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Oct 20, 2010, 3:19 am
I am thrilled to announce the winner of this year’s Guildford Book Festival Short Story competition. As far as we know, it’s a world first for any literary festival for the winning story to be converted into an iPhone app. It’s called Train in the Night by Christopher Franks who hails from Cam...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Oct 12, 2010, 4:10 am
I am constantly asked by authors how big their book should be and how many words should they write. This often seems to be a barrier to people even putting pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard) thinking that they will never have time to write a book. The average paperback page takes around 250-300...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Sep 10, 2010, 6:09 am
I’d literally just finished the last page of my new book, Flavours of Thought, when an email came into my Inbox about a new service called CompletelyNovel. At first I ignored it, as it actually came into my Spam folder, but something encouraged me to click the link and I was amazed at what I foun...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Sep 8, 2010, 4:32 am
It is perhaps somewhat ironic, but not at all surprising in these days, that the sequel to my new book on Light Bulb Moments is available before it. Flavours of Thought started as a chapter in the light bulb book and has spawned into a book in its own right. Not only that but the most amazing
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 26, 2010, 3:57 am
I’ve just got completed and sorted out the publication of my second book this year. I thought it would be a good idea to pause and reflect of how I did it – especially when I am thinking of writing at least one other before the end of 2010 !! In working with other authors who are either
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 24, 2010, 1:34 am
When people repeat the same thing often enough it can enter the common psyche and be assumed to be true. A good example might be an urban myth like the lemmings jumping off a cliff. It’s now equally well known (or thought as such) that this was a staged scene in a Walt Disney friendly critters-ty...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 20, 2010, 5:20 am
NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE KINDLE AND KINDLE READER - for Kindle, iPhone, iPad, Blackberry & Android This book is a book of transformation. We go about our days not giving our thoughts a second thought. This is a real shame as our thoughts fundamentally changes the world around us. In Part 1 Flavours of...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 17, 2010, 7:02 am
Every once in a while you come across a book that makes you stop, think and reflect. Waking from Sleep by Steve Taylor is one of those. It is an illusion of the human condition that we think we are awake when we’re not sleeping. In ‘reality’, when we are what we think of as awake...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 9, 2010, 3:46 am
When we click on a link, we don’t give it a second thought – especially these days when we are presented with 100′s if not 1000′s of potential hyperlinks each day. Links nowadays are not limited to those on web sites or in email newsletters. They abound in Twitter tweets and ...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Aug 4, 2010, 5:43 am
How often are we crying out for inspiration? I know I sometimes am! We feel stuck and maybe the lack of inspiration is the same thing as being stuck. Whether it is, or not, it can be frustrating and limiting – you have a book to finish by a deadline and you have no inspiration for the
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jul 27, 2010, 5:47 am
A Vibe Rant Pearl is a true story. This book tells you what it was like to be a black woman born in Britain, in the fifties, with roots in the West Indies. What it’s like not to know your roots, never knowing where you belonged. Always being told you don’t belong, always trying to fit in. ...
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Tom E. posted an article on The Bookwright - Jul 21, 2010, 12:58 pm
Apple have followed Amazon’s lead and iBooks can now have audio and video embedded in them. See my blog Do iPad or do I Kindle for more on this … and note that, somewhat ironically, Kindle Enhanced Editions (as Amazon called them) are only for Kindle Readers on iPhones and iPads not Kindles the...
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