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Publishing Isn't Romantic. It's Commercial.

16th February

Let’s get something straight. Publishing is not a fairy tale. It’s not a mysterious door that opens if you knock politely enough. It’s not a benevolent industry waiting to discover your genius while you sip coffee and wait for ...

Fonts Or Typefaces? There IS A Difference!

9th February

Let’s clear something up straight away. Most people talk about fonts.What they usually mean is typefaces. And yes, even on a screen, the distinction still matters. Typeface vs Font A typeface is the design.The overall look, ...

An End To End Publishing Service

2nd February

From first idea to finished books in your hands There comes a point where experience stops being theoretical and starts becoming infrastructure. For many years, Couzens-Lake Media has operated at the sharp end of writing and p ...

AI. Time to CD (Calm Down)

26th January

Let’s address the elephant in the room. Actually, no-let’s deflate it. AI. Two letters that seem to send a small shiver down the spine of otherwise perfectly sensible people. I hear the concerns all the time. ‘It’s going to ...

Have You Been Ghosted?

19th January

There’s a curious habit that many freelancers will recognise, and one that never quite stops puzzling me. Someone gets in touch. They outline a project, often a deeply personal one. A book idea. A life story. A history. A ...

It's 2026 & People Are STILL Banning Books?

12th January

Across the United States, a dramatic surge in book bans has become more frequent, more coordinated, and more systematic than at any time in living memory. Reports indicate that in the 2024/25 school year alone, there were thous ...

A New Year. A Fresh Start & Why A Blog Matters...

5th January

January always arrives with a particular kind of optimism. Desks are cleared. Diaries are reset. There’s a collective sense that this is the moment to do things properly, or at least better than last year. In business, it’s the ...

From 'How are you feeling?'to 'u ok?'

29th December 2025

The English language has always been a magpie. It pinches, borrows, sheds, reshapes. But nothing in its long, unruly life has altered it quite as swiftly as texting. In barely three decades, we’ve moved from carefully composed ...

The Stories That Don't Make The Christmas Card

22nd December 2025

Christmas, we’re told, is about togetherness. About full tables, laughter, shared jokes that resurface every year like old friends. It’s about smiles for the camera, neatly framed and ready to be posted, shared, or tucked insi ...

This Lonely Writing Life

15th December 2025

Writing has always been a solitary business. That part comes with the territory. You sit down, usually alone, often in silence, and try to make something honest out of nothing. You talk to people who don’t exist yet. You argu ...