Writing is where ideas are shaped into form—through structure, voice, and revision. These posts explore the discipline behind the process, where instinct meets craft, and what begins as a thought becomes something deliberate, controlled, and ready to be read.
Should independent authors load the car with books and sell them face to face, or build an audience online? Drawing on two very different author events, my own publishing choices, and years of digital promotion, I examine the costs, rewards, missed sales and long-term reach of both marketing paths today.
Should Authors Sell Books in Person or Market Them Online? Read More »
Visit Michael Forman’s Latest page for writing news, book updates, podcast notes, travel stories and the occasional distraction from Mandurah. It is the informal corner of the website, where works in progress, refreshed posts, personal observations and minor disasters appear before the darkness returns in his fiction and novels again.
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A sexless marriage creates more than an empty bedroom. Rejection, loneliness, fading confidence and uncertainty can slowly reshape the relationship. As silence grows, partners may become housemates rather than lovers. Unless both are willing to confront the distance honestly, the emotional void can deepen until the marriage feels impossible to repair.
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Noir is more than rain-soaked streets and dangerous women. It explores flawed people, hidden motives and choices made under pressure. In SEETHINGS, moral ambiguity turns intimate relationships into unstable territory, where pain, resentment and desire blur the line between victim and villain—and truth depends on who is telling it.
What Is Noir? Morally Questionable, Dark Choices and the Truth Beneath the Shadows Read More »
Podcasting from home means battling humming microphones, barking dogs, noisy appliances and the neighbour who fires up his leaf blower at the worst possible moment. Between electrical interference, late-night recording sessions and endless editing, producing The Dirty Rabbit Hole is rarely quiet—but it is always honest and deeply personal.
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Promoting an independently published novel involves far more than posting on social media. An author’s website provides the stable centre: a controlled space where useful articles, topic clusters and internal links help search engines understand the work, attract suitable readers and quietly guide them towards discovering—and ultimately buying—the books themselves.
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Can WordPress help fiction authors find readers and sell books? A website offers a permanent home for excerpts, ideas and the themes behind a novel. But publishing alone is not enough. Authors must create inviting pathways that turn passing visitors into curious readers—and, eventually, loyal ones who return again.
Should Fiction Authors Use WordPress to Promote Their Content? Read More »
Stephen King’s Fairy Tale delivers familiar darkness, hidden worlds and ordinary people confronting extraordinary evil. But is it King at his best? This review explores the novel’s strongest elements, what major critics said, and why readers drawn to monsters hiding inside human beings may also enjoy SEETHINGS.
Was This King at His Best? Read More »
