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Great! I've just started following you in IG, good luck with the challenge...

Wow, sounds like you have a rich experience to pull on for inspiration! Welcome

I've gone from 30 followers (friends and family) to 1170 in just under 12 months. I've made a concerted effort to post regularly - I use a scheduling tool - at least five days a week and a mixture of writing related (quotes, prompts, words of the day) and personal (cats, dogs and where I live)...

I think that's a good way to approach it, think of each scene, or chapter as a short story, it can only improve your writing. Trying something different might help to break the cycle. I also found that writing 'Morning Pages' helps me to sort out all the crap that holds me back and allows me to...

Thank you. I'm trying to visit and contribute regularly and learn!

I'm reading Nevernight (The Nevernight Chronicles Book 1) by Jay Kristoff. I did start it last year, but had a hissy fit with his use of footnotes. I picked it up again, have ignored the footnotes and am really enjoying the story and the characters, particularly Mia the main character. Have you...

I'm rubbish at the marketing side of things but am trying to get better. I don't want to be a '6 figure' author, I just want to try and promote my books to readers. I have concentrated on one platform, Instagram, for the past 12 months with some good results and have met some lovely writers and...

How have you found advertising on Goodreads?

I think writing short stories (and even flash) is a good way to improve our writing, choosing our words and going deep as some of the others have said. I read somewhere that shorter stories and novella's are becoming popular again because a lot of people are time poor, but also the younger...

I think Indie publishing is becoming more acceptable but it's not an easy route. It can be very lonely but I think all authors no matter how they are published all have to be more savvy with regard to marketing, which for me is the hardest part. I like the idea from Prince of Spires of thinking...

but only now am I starting to find my way around. Stuff happens and I'm keen this year to knuckle down to writing fantasy, a long time passion of mine. I've written and self published historical fiction books and hoping to find inspiration, support and advice from this community on creating the...

Great article(s) on writing groups with very practical and useful information. I have run an online writing group for expat writers for the past 10 years. We still have a few founding members and keep our numbers fairly small to encourage contribution and allow trust to build. A few members have...