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A more accurate title might be ‘the consequences of doing nothing’! I’ve done no marketing for two months, due to sunshine (making use of the unusual sunny weather to get […]

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Otherwise known as being lazy. Results so far It’s a couple of weeks since all my books were out of KU and I switched off Amazon ads. The only marketing […]

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As mentioned in a previous post, one advantage of being ‘wide’ is that platforms other than Amazon allow you to set books at £0/$0 etc. I wrote a prequel to […]

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This is what I did – but it is not necessarily the best way of doing it! First, deselect the auto-renew for Kindle Unlimited for each book. This means the […]

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There are several advantages (or potential advantages, as some depend on how much effort I put into marketing) of going wide, to counter the immediate drop in income from KU […]

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An alternative title might be ‘how to drastically reduce your writing income’ – at least, that is what it feels like at the moment. This post (or posts) will be […]

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Walking around the local lanes a couple of weeks ago, I noticed that the hedges had been cut recently. Straight tops and sides, uniform height, all very neat. A bit […]

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In the 18th Century, the formal style of garden for stately homes (described here) began to give way to a more natural style of gardening. Three men stand out in […]

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  A version of this article was originally posted on  The Coffee Pot Book Club website. In Regency times, prize money was paid to both army and navy personnel. The money came […]

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We use many phrases in everyday speech that originated in the past and have often changed their meaning. For example, did ‘second rate’ always mean ‘second best’? (This material was […]

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