We are all writers here and almost certainly reluctant marketers which is why we ought to be aware of Google's latest Farmer/Panda bomb shell which sent shock waves through the internet marketing community and why this could well be very good news fo... Read more

Since the launch of  our Magnificent 7 affiliate program there have been a few queries on and off the site about linking.  Most members seem to have a basic idea of how to do it, but basic isn’t good enough!   When promotin... Read more

As you probably know, there are lots of ways to get back links to our web pages and I think I'm working through them all one way or another!  Some are pretty useless, but one which is looking good is the Bestreviewer site.  It's early d... Read more

The biggest problem with being a writer is you spend too much time living in your head.  The line between the real and the imaginary seems to grow ever thiner!  In my case it is almost non-existant! I’ve spent a good part of the past... Read more

In one form or another there has been a lot of talk about ebooks around here and other places on the web.  Are they any good?  Is it real publishing? How do you write them?  Should you write them? and more importantly, can you make any... Read more

My last article on peanut writers has been doing the rounds of the web resulting in a few emails pointing out that some people do make money from these sites and that they do have their uses other than income generators.   I agree they do have... Read more

Sleet, Shoots and Leaves, our major, Ashby Arts Festival, cross genre folk event takes place this Friday and our publicity efforts have just received a big boost courtesy of our local radio station! Hermitage fm has invited some of our Folk ... Read more

Making good use of the email signature facility that is available through Outlook Express was another item touched on during our last Chat session.  I'm not sure how many members realise what a useful feature this is and what a great promotional... Read more

We had a superb Chat session last night discussing Profitable Bloglancing For Freelance Writers.  One thing I discovered was quite a few members are a little mystified about how you can make your blog posts put some cash into your... Read more

Since launching the How to Write a novel and finish it ecourse a couple of weeks ago, I've had a few people contact me about mind mapping.  It seems that this technique isn't as well known as I'd thought! For those that don't know, mind mappi... Read more