by David West | Aug 17, 2022 | News
When I was young I wanted to be a pilot. I’ve blogged about my favourite book, The Last Enemy, by Richard Hillary. Hillary was a spitfire pilot in the Battle of Britain, and had joined the University Air Squadron at Oxford. When I went up to Oxford, I also tried to...
by David West | Aug 16, 2022 | News
Mentions are great! I recently posted about social media. I will work on Brian’s tips for boosting my social media following, but he also wants me to post every day. I’ve got a busy few days coming up, so I want to put another draft post in the bag. Claire and I were...
by David West | Aug 15, 2022 | News
How far should a writer go with historical accuracy? I recently blogged about social media. In my research for growing my social media following I read some posts on the Historical Novel Society facebook page. They got me thinking. The thread I read was about...
by David West | Aug 14, 2022 | News
I recently had a meeting with Tom at DigiPrint to discuss website improvements. One of my sessions with my book publicist Brian, had been to look at my website and see how it could be improved. Brian had found a number of things that were easy to fix. There was one...
by David West | Aug 12, 2022 | News
The subject of my latest zoom call with my book publicist, Brian, was social media. In a recent post I said I hoped it would cover Instagram and TikTok, because although I have accounts, I have no idea how they work. My hopes were dashed. Brian said that readers of...