I recently finished writing my next book, The Dragonfly Delivery Company. It's a sequel, which is not something I've ever written before. Sure, I've had ideas for trilogies and series in the past, but I've never actually written one, which made writing The Dragonfly Delivery Company something of a unique experience. As such there are …
Asking Authors Awkward Questions, with Tiffany Christina Lewis
Ever wondered what authors talk about behind closed doors? What about themselves and their work makes them cringe? What secret sins they whisper of in the dark? Well wonder no more! Asking Authors Awkward Questions is a new series where I ask some of my author friends the sorts of questions you don't get asked …
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The Stoic Writer
The thing with being a self published author is it can feel like the success of your book rests entirely in your own hands. You write, edit, format, design, market, and publicise all by your lonesome, so you'd be forgiven for thinking that any sales, or lack thereof, are a result of you and you …
What Are The Three Types Of Writing?
Three types of writing? What on earth are you on about, Keith. Surely there are more than that. Hell, I can think of half a dozen genres off the top of my head. How can there be just three? Have you gone you crazy or something! Okay, this is going to get a little fuzzy, …
Committee On The Bounty
With the release of animated series Star Trek: Lower Decks on Amazon I thought I'd share with you this short story of mine, called Committee On The Bounty. It's about what would happen if the Red Shirts in the Star Trek Universe were to unionise. After all, no one ever asks if they want to …
Author, Promote Thyself!
I was about to start this post with "Sadly, these days, it's not enough for an author to write an awesome book to become successful, you have to be an awesome self promoter as well," but then I realised that self promotion and writing have always gone hand in hand. One of the reasons Charles …
My Top Writing Tips
I'm not a writing expert, but I have been at it since I was eight years old, I study the art of writing constantly, I've completed three novels (one published), and I've tried more ways to plan and write than you can shake a stick at, so I flatter myself that I know a thing …
Dexter & Sinister Deleted Scenes
Whenever you read something it seems obvious that that was the only way to tell that story, but of course there are a dozen ways to take a reader from A to B, and in trying to decide which is the "best" way you often end up with a lot of extra material you no …
Anatomy of a Cover Design
They say you should never judge a book by its cover. You know why they say that? Because everybody does it. That's why getting your cover right is so important. Without a good cover people may never pick up you book. And if they don't pick up your book, how will they discover the many …
Inspector Lassiter and the Vanishing Child
Inspector Lassiter eyed the steps up to the main house as one would regard an old yet familiar foe. She had been assured that her new chair could handle such a short flight of stairs – a mere half dozen steps at a low, steady rake – but she had yet to put the theory …
Keith W. Dickinson 
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