In this Interview Ann Brady talks to prolific author, experienced school visitor, workshop creator and YouTuber Colin R Parsons. Colin's books cover a variety of genres and his YouTube videos are aimed at helping children and adults to learn more about th

In this podcast we offer you some advice on how to adapt your sentences so you are showing not telling when writing your story.

Today we discuss the use of speech tags and actions tags and how to lose that common word said and replace it with some action writing.

Understand some of the mistakes that niggle editors when they receive your manuscript for review and edit. And also learn about overcoming some of those grammatical rules and myths that can be kicked out the window.

Has that Gremlin Writers Block hit you? Today we discuss ways in which you can overcome the frustration of that gremlin through exercise etc.

Whether you are submitting to an editor, agent or publisher you really do need to ensure your manuscript is formatted correctly. Not only do these tips help with children's manuscripts they can be adapted for all types of books.

I'm sure many of you will have heard of the TV Detective Columbo. Let me explain to you how the world of TV fiction was used to develop the sales training programme for one of the top coffee providers in the world. You will be surprised at how simple the art of words can bring two worlds together.

Ensuring your story is enticing to readers is the one job all writers really want to achieve. To do this you need to understand where your story is going to go. By drawing up an outline on the crisis, conflict, characters and scenes it will help you produce a book that will flow, and be the best it can possibly be.

A story is only as good as the journey it takes its readers on and part of that journey is allowing readers to hold hands with your characters. Don’t just have good characters, make sure yours are great. Here are some tips to help you create them.

You've written your book but need to fund getting it published. One of the newest ways of doing this is to create a fund from future readers willing to support your reading. Today we talk a bout using Kickstarter to fund your book launch.