Today we look at the process of an author recording their own audio books. We examine what is involved, what is needed and whether or not it is worth the author's time and effort in producing the recording to achieve a good quality result.

This podcast is aimed at listeners who are authors or potential authors living and publishing in Australia, although some of the content will apply to all Indie Authors. We explain how to submit your book to the Australian Library system. The link to the Prepublication Data Service website is:

It is eesential that when writing about your characters they must not only be relevant to the story but they must stand out. Characters need to be described vividly and be exacting in their role within the story to keep the readers engaged.

As an author I am always willing to share what I have learnt with new, developing and even established authors. Here I offer you a number of tips that I hope will help you improve your writing ability.

Wanting to attract a literary agent? Here we offer you some advice on the principles of writing a good query letter, what it should and should not include, how to do it and what happens afterwards; including the downside to not getting a response!

Who is the narrator of your story? In all stories knowing this is important, even in a children's picture book Here we offer a quick explanation on why you need to get your POV correct from the very start of your story.

Many writers sometimes get feelings of negativity when it comes to their writing. This podcast takes you through the steps of how to recognise, learn to cope with and overcome this side of your creativity, changing them into positive feelings, thoughts and ideas.

Your book is published and now you need to market it. The question is how? Here are a few quick tips and ideas to help you get started.

Often when I receive manuscripts for review and editing the formatting which has been done by the author can make the flow of the story have a few hiccups. In this podcast we offer tips to assist you in giving your manuscript a profesional image.

We offer a short interview with new writer, we have called Jim, who explains how and why he came to writing late in life and his view point on being a successful fiction writer, or not as the case may be?