Posted in Cover designs, How to write, tagged Book covers, Non fiction writing on May 25, 2016| Leave a Comment »
My graphic designer just sent these through as draft cover ideas for a set of books that I’ll be launching in conjuction with my Writer on the Road Podcast – Book 1 will be perma-free to anyone who signs up to my podcast mailing list. I’m not sure the cover for Book 1 works. What do you think?
Posted in author branding, Author platforms, platform, Podcasts, tagged Author entrepreneurs, Writer on the Road, writing podcasts on May 22, 2016| 1 Comment »
I just received the following email:
Melinda, YOUR PODCAST WEBSITE IS READY FOR YOU!
They told me to follow my passion so I did.
My avatar is…me.
I blame Joanna over at the Creative Penn…I did her course, Creative Freedom, and took her advice on upscaling.
I read books on entrepreneurship. The advice in a few words: there will never be a perfect time, or enough money, to follow your dreams.
Do it now.
So I am.
AND HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS:
This blog, and http://www.melhammond.com, will be migrating over to http://www.writerontheroad.com…I think…as soon as I can afford to change everything over.
I’ve just paid my first month’s subscription over at http://www.podcastwebsites.com and now I get to build my new website (it was either that or spend the afternoon marking assignments for school:))
EVEN BETTER NEWS:
Podcast Websites has a 24 hour tech crew on standby to answer questions from people like me.
I can’t go wrong, can I?
Posted in book tours, Choosing the writing life, indie publishing, location free living, middle grade fiction, mining stories, RV lifestyle, West Australian goldfields, tagged Australian outback, book tours, Caravaning, Interviewing Writers, Touring Australia, Writer on the Road on May 2, 2016| Leave a Comment »
This is the logo for my ‘Writer on the Road’ interviews…like it?? Our book touring schedule is Townsville in July/July, 2016, Bateman’s Bay for the Bateman’s Bay Writers Festival in September, 2016, and our biggie, a two month trip across the Nullabor to the wilds of Western Australia and Norseman to launch Money, Murder and Other Men’s Wives, starting December, 2016. Note the interesting correlation between these dates and school holidays. That’s the trouble with teaching, it limits my playtime:)
Posted in Australian entrepreneurs, Education, tagged Entrepreneurship, indie publishing, online business on May 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Required rainy Sunday reading…my selection of Australian entrepreneurs. Jack Delosa takes himself off to a shack in the Blue Mountains every now and then to recharge. Made me homesick for for pumpkin soup, Blackheath bookshops and enviro rating bushwalks.
growing up writing 