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A New Chapter For My Website

6th July

Since launching the Couzens-Lake Media website in June 2024, I have published a new blog every single Monday without fail. Week after week, regardless of how busy life and work have become, there has always been something new to ...

Why Does Taking Time Off Make Me Feel Guilty?

29th June

I have a confession to make. I feel guilty when I take time off. Not because I don't have work to do. Quite the opposite. The work is always there. Nor because I don't deserve a break. Logically, I know I do. No, the guilt c ...

Publishing Your Book In Time For Christmas?

22nd June

Every year around this time, I start hearing the same question from authors: "Can I get my book published before Christmas?" My response is usually another question: "Why?" For many writers, Christmas feels like the perfect d ...

The Publishing Myth That Refuses To Die

15th June

There is one piece of advice given to aspiring authors more often than any other. "Write a great book and a publisher will find you." It's comforting. It's encouraging. It's also, I'm afraid, largely nonsense. Before angry ...

The Truth About Literary Agents

8th June

If you spend any time in the company of writers, sooner or later somebody will tell you that you absolutely, positively need a literary agent. If you haven’t yet…don’t worry, you will. The implication is usually clear: no agen ...

How To Write A Best Seller

1st June

Every writer has wondered it. Don’t pretend otherwise. What if this one is the one? Not just a respectable little book that sells a few thousand copies, gets a nice review in a Sunday supplement and earns enough for a celebrat ...

Bland FM-Logarithms Are Destroying British Radio

25th May

There was a time when local radio actually meant something. It sounded like the place it served. Presenters knew the roads, the football clubs, the local scandals, the weather patterns and the names of villages outsiders would ...

Why A Good Book Will Always Beat Eurovision

18th May

There comes a point, usually somewhere between the third shrieking key change, a dancer dressed as a metallic woodland creature, and a voting sequence that appears to take longer than some constitutional reforms, when one begins ...

Has LinkedIn Lost Its Mojo?

11th May

Once upon a time, LinkedIn knew exactly what it was. A professional networking platform. Business-focused. Career-minded. A place to connect, recruit, share expertise, and perhaps quietly promote your latest promotion while pre ...

Books 1 Kindle 0. Rejoice!

4th May

For a while, we were told the book was finished. Not the story. Not the words. The book itself. Replaced, we were assured, by the glow of a screen. By the swipe, the scroll, the convenience of carrying a thousand titles in you ...