As you may know, I went to see the eclipse last week – to Longyearbyen, Svalbard, in the Arctic Circle (78 deg N 15 deg E). Svalbard is a group of islands, including Spitsbergen, that is now independent but used
On being your own accountant
This is something I sometimes think about, being an indie author. If you haven’t published any books, you don’t have any income from them, so you don’t need to worry about the tax implications. But if you have, then either
Self-hosted WordPress: what I’ve learnt in my first year
Moving onto WordPress.org, the self-hosted platform for WordPress, was one of the best things I’ve done with my blog, although I’ve sometimes wondered whether I should have stayed on the free version, WordPress.com. The decision was made in autumn 2013
On scheduling posts
Seven weeks from Wednesday, the April A to Z Challenge will start. If you haven’t signed up yet, all the details and sign-up list are here. Do it, you’ll enjoy it! The key to that enjoyment is scheduling your posts
Websites on screens, tablets and phones
I finally got a Smartphone. Three months later I’ve ventured into using Twitter on it, and then I started checking my websites. This blog doesn’t display too badly, although you had to scroll though quite a lot of menu stuff
On Author Websites
Another in my occasional posts on the technical side of being an author-publisher. This is a follow-up to my post on being one’s own webmaster really. Many WordPress users have been suffering from gremlins recently, and it seems that about
On being your own webmaster
Yes, this is part of my occasional series on being an author-publisher! How much do you need to know about computers to be a self-published, self-promoted author? I think when I first decided to self-publish, I read the information available
Some interesting book data from Smashwords
Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords, is good at looking at trends in the publishing (and epublishing) world. He speaks at important conferences on the subject. He is a champion of indie publishing, and not surprisingly, since Smashwords is founded on
I now have a US Tax Number
Ok, if you’re under about 30 you aren’t going to be at all interested in this, and if you’re over 30 you probably won’t be much, either. Unless you write books. I’m in the UK. So as far as the