Eden’s Articles, Interviews and Musings

How To Be An Author
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How To Be An Author

Book cover design can be surprisingly controversial, you only have to pop into any writer’s forum to see people asking, “which do you like best of these three cover options?”

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Do Authors Need a Website?
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Do Authors Need a Website?

Author websites, are they unnecessary? scary? and expensive? Well no, actually.  But don’t just take my word for it, let me explain…

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How To Design a Book Cover
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How To Design a Book Cover

Book cover design can be surprisingly controversial, you only have to pop into any writer’s forum to see people asking, “which do you like best of these three cover options?”

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How Choose a Publisher
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How Choose a Publisher

There are huge differences between Traditional, Self and Hybrid (often known previously as Vanity) publishing. From the process to be being accepted, the rights you sign over in the contract, the royalties you can expect; and the decisions you will get to make for your book.


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Online Creativity Workshops For Your Group
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Online Creativity Workshops For Your Group

Creativity is the muscle that imagination uses to answer your questions and make things happen differently. And it needs flexing regularly so that it is ready for work when you need it to.

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Social Media For Authors
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Social Media For Authors

If you want to create and connect the right audiences for your books, you’ll need to learn how to use popular social platforms to build a fan base, keep the conversation flowing, and generate more sales.

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Give Great Author Interviews
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Give Great Author Interviews

If you feel that you have reached the point in your author career where giving interviews needs to be a part of your marketing strategy, but feel unsure

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Build Good Writing Habits
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Build Good Writing Habits

How to learn to write? This is a question with as many answers as there are people asking it – lots and lots.

I cannot tell you best way, or the only way to consider, but I can tell you my way. And at the time of writing, I have eight books to show that it works for me

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Inspired By Liphethiso Monica Harris
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Inspired By Liphethiso Monica Harris

When I met Monica I had no idea of the incredible force she actually was, some people know her by her African first name Liphethiso, some by her second name Monica, but whatever you call her she is a truly inspirational person

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Inspired By Fiona Kearns
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Inspired By Fiona Kearns

Having been told to keep quiet for over forty years, in just over an hour you made me realise that the power of bold is nothing to be scared of.

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Inspired By Ruth Rood
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Inspired By Ruth Rood

In 2018 I went to my first ever business networking meeting as an author. Little did I know that in that room was someone who would become not only a supporter of my journey, but a true inspiration to me.

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Inspired By Nari Sandhu
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Inspired By Nari Sandhu

I had the absolute privilege to meet with Nari Sandhu to talk about why she for me an inspirational woman. Although she admitted that when I asked her she thought “why does Eden want to talk to me?” I think by the end of the page you will understand, and feel the same as I do.

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Inspired By Gina Mann
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Inspired By Gina Mann

“I am so passionate about sharing my story because I truly believe that we are NEVER too old, and it is NEVER too late to step into the best version of yourself and be authentically you. That was what I was after…”

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Inspired By Jackie Grant
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Inspired By Jackie Grant

Part of the reason I enjoyed working with Jackie so much was her understanding of stress and anxiety, and how this can hold back your fitness and wellness goals. This kind of genuine understanding often comes from someone’s struggles, and Jackie explained that stress and anxiety had been a major factor in leaving her previous role

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Inspired By Independent Author Lesley Krier
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Inspired By Independent Author Lesley Krier

“Words always came very easily to me and I was always writing something, but not numbers – at all. I now realise I’m dyscalculic, but that was not recognised back then, instead I was told I was stupid or lazy, despite being neither…”

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