Should self-published authors go exclusively Amazon, or dip their toes into the wider world of Kobo, Apple and more? Simon[…]
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Category: Features
You’ve Got Mail
The Business of Writing – You’ve Got Mail What makes a good author email newsletter? Two authors tell Simon Whaley[…]
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You Can Bank On It
The Business of Writing – You Can Bank On It Has your writing business come of age? Simon Whaley looks[…]
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Successful Signings
The February 2020 issue of Writing Magazine is out now, and my Business of Writing column looks at how writers[…]
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Sustainable Snowdonia
Issue 185 of The People’s Friend Special has just hit the newsstands, and it contains my feature on the Centre[…]
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Tinsel-tastic!
In this week’s bumper, double issue of The People’s Friend, there’s an article about my visit to Europe’s biggest tinsel-making[…]
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Dazzling Displays
Selfridges are well known for their Christmas window displays (Check out this link for this year’s displays). But how much[…]
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Wallis’s First Dam
October marks the 40th anniversary of the death of one of this country’s most famous engineers: Barnes Wallis. To commemorate[…]
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Pilgrimage to Plymouth
Simon Whaley enjoys a journey around this delightful Devonshire City. ‘Climb the oak tree,’ says the tourist guide, ‘but[…]
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Firth of Flowers
Check out the April issue of BBC Countryfile magazine for my Firth of Flowers piece in their Great Days Out[…]
Read moreCoast … ing Along
Check out my feature in the April 2018 issue of Coast magazine, packed full of ideas of what to do[…]
Read moreUnderstanding Your ALCS Statement
I love this time of year. March is when we get our free money from the ALCS. Free money? Oh,[…]
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Taxing Transformations
Remember the plans for quarterly tax returns? Simon Whaley finds out what writers need to do now, in preparation. If[…]
Read moreTop Six Literary Lodgings
Fancy sleeping where your favourite writer lived, worked or holidayed? Simon Whaley suggests six of the UK’s best literary stays.
Read moreAgent Attraction
Attracting an agent can be the start of a long business relationship. Simon Whaley flirts with two agents to learn[…]
Read moreClun & Black Hill
Fancy stepping into Bruce Chatwin’s shoes? Explore Shropshire’s idyllic countryside around Clun, reputedly the inspiration behind Chatwin’s novel ‘On The[…]
Read moreConquering Challenges
Just like paralympians, writers with disabilities strive to achieve their goals on a daily basis. Simon Whaley chats to two[…]
Read moreGoing Ape!
“Is it true monkeys like bananas?” my nephew, Ashley, asks as we watch a gibbon swinging on a rope high[…]
Read moreFestival Fever
Most of us love a good writing workshop, and for an hour or two we’re in heaven. But why go[…]
Read moreBoW – Social Engagement
Check out the August issue of Writing Magazine for my latest article about social media, and how writers might want[…]
Read moreCeltic Quakers
As Celtic Life International correspondent Simon Whaley explains, there was once a whole lotta shakin’ going on in the quaint[…]
Read moreBusiness of Writing – Time Travel
Writing for print publications means working several months ahead. Simon Whaley explains why writers need their own time-travelling Tardis.[…]
Read moreForeign Export Markets
Writing Magazine – May 2016 The UK magazine market is vast, but there’s a bigger world out there. Simon Whaley[…]
Read moreUnderstanding Your Contract
UNDERSTANDING YOUR AUTHOR CONTRACT Secured a publishing deal? Simon Whaley puts on his business head to assess its implications. On[…]
Read moreLife After Death
Our Last Will and Testament may not be as interesting as William Shakespeare’s, but Simon Whaley chats to two experts[…]
Read moreProductivity Leap
With an extra 24 hours this month, Simon Whaley chats to three productive writers about making the most of[…]
Read moreBusiness of Writing: Press Trip Protocols
Travel writing is not all about sipping cocktails on sun-drenched beaches. Simon Whaley packs his bags to explore the[…]
Read moreNew Year, New You, New Pseudonym?
Is there a business case for using a pen name? Simon Whaley chats to three writers about the pros and[…]
Read moreBusiness of Writing – Christmas Gifts
What do professional writers get in their Christmas stockings? Simon Whaley unwraps a few ideas from Christmas past to[…]
Read moreDating With Non-Fiction
There are, on average, 125,000 new books published in the United Kingdom every year. Approximately 20% (25,000) are novels. The[…]
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