Simone Leigh Martin's Blog

As an indie author, there are plenty of merchants out there to help you spend your cash on marketing and promotion. Sometimes it even feels a bit like a pillaging, especially when you hand it over and don't get much in r...

Some years ago, I worked as a cook for an important British family.

Something I���d love to see more of in the romance genre is a novel approach to describing the MMC (male main character).

This morning I received my first professional support with blurb writing (that all-important book description used on the back of books or on book-selling sites). Described as a sales booster package, I was a little skep...

I read an article from a psychology blogger the other day who suggested that the reason many relationships fail is because of unrealistic expectations. She claims that this is all because of how we treat each other in th...

I thought I'd kick off my latest blogging career (I've been dabbling since "blog" was a new word!) with an oldie but a goodie...