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Hi Authors!

Welcome to our first blog on the Linellen Press website!

We are really excited about spreading the word about writing (and publishing), and want to share all the good news we have about what is happening in our publishing space at the moment.

The good news for May, 2018 is I have finally had time to make some serious adjustments to our website, and release a whole swag of new, beautiful books.

Congratulations to our authors, Marianne (A Villa in Umbria), Lyn (A Rough Road), June (The Adventures of a Far Away Bear - 9 book series), Geraldine (One or Two a Day) and Helen (The Horse Keepers) for their May releases. You have all kept the office extremely busy. But we do like busy!!

We are now clear again to focus on new projects as we head into the new financial year, a year we will investigate branching into producing Audio books as well. Watch this space and see how we go. It will be a big learning curve.

Right now, take a moment to check out the website and our authors new releases and see what is possible for you as a writer.

From next week I will be posting a weekly or fortnightly blog, mainly about writing or editing or quotes that might inspire you to travel down the road to publication.

The first tip is: Write at least a page a day!

Talk to you soon

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Peter chapter one. Salvation is a must if we want to hear the blessed words of our Savior "Well done thy good and faithful servant."

Have definitely taken your first tip to heart: Write at least a page a day! In one year that makes at least 365 pages or 182,500 words. I, therefore, have no excuse not to produce at least one, decent sized book per year. The heat is on!! What's your second, tip, please, Helen?

Hi Ingrid, You'll need to read today's post for the next tip, which is quite relevant to your comment. While your next first draft can be churned out in a year, without any editing, you need to allow some time in between that book and the next to apply some polishing to your first draft. Check out today's post and I'll look for your reply.

Here's one of my favourite writing quotes by one of my most admired people: 'Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.' Winston Churchill P.S. Do make it a weekly blog, please!

How true, how true! My favourite quote is from Stephen King who said: 'I get paid to tell lies - the bigger the lies, the bigger the pay.' I am trying to emulate Stephen King. LOL

Delighted to find you have started a blog. Congratulations on all the great work you have done and are doing. Really thrilled about the idea of audio books. Hope the learning curve is nice and smooth. Suggestion: how about some grammar tips for us poor writers who struggle with all the vast amounts of contradictory information out there?

Thanks for the feedback, Ingrid. I shall definitely add in some grammar points. Some of the contradictions you've seen might be the variations between American and English styles. Which one you chose will depend on the country of your target audience.