Journalling & Publishing

Here you will find posts about my No. 1 Travel Tip – keeping a journal, and how to turn that into a self-published book if that is your wish.

5 Reasons Why You Should Keep A Travel Journal

“What have you been up to lately?” “Er, nothing much.” Then I remembered that, in the last few weeks, I had joined an adventure group called Spice UK, which encourages you to ‘Live Your Dream’. “Nothing much” had included playing polo on a horse, flyingContinue reading “5 Reasons Why You Should Keep A Travel Journal”

10 Tips to Titivate Your Travel Journal

What’s wrong with this? “We got up and had breakfast. I had cereal with a coffee but Mark went off piste and had tea instead! I fed the dogs then we went for a walk. It was beautiful! We had sandwiches for lunch, went shoppingContinue reading “10 Tips to Titivate Your Travel Journal”

How Travel Journals Led Me to Publish Four Books

“Keep a diary, and someday, it will keep you.” Attributed to Mae West, Margot Asquith, Lily Langtry & Anonymous! Making a living from writing is difficult, but not impossible, although writing books and making money is certainly not the reason that I started keeping travelContinue reading “How Travel Journals Led Me to Publish Four Books”

A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Publishing a Book & Selling it on Amazon

“Your manuscript will go on the ‘Slush Pile’ along with hundreds of others. Our main priority is with the authors already on our books.” The words of a Literary Agent who addressed my Creative Writing Group many years ago. In the past, the traditional routeContinue reading “A Beginner’s Guide to Self-Publishing a Book & Selling it on Amazon”