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An author is one who has written or is writing a book. Posts with this tag usually discuss authors in general or focus on individual authors.

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smiling man in blue suit sitting by the table — Getting a literary agent is a dream for many writers. A literary agent can help you navigate the publishing industry, negotiate contracts, and provide valuable advice and support. However, the process of finding and securing an agent can be daunting and confusing. Here are some things that writers need to […]

Things a Writer Needs to Know About Getting an Agent

1st March 2023 in Agents tagged Author / sell more books / tips by Guest Writer

Pick an author you love. Ideally, one that your ideal readers would also love. Write an honest book review. If nothing else, you will signal to readers that you share their tastes in authors which might bode well for your own books. This is best posted on your blog and […]

Platform Building: Review a favourite author

2nd July 2022 in Platform Building Prompts tagged Author / Author Platform / blogging / books / readers by Matthew Brown

Internet — Did you know that URL structure can make a difference in search traffic? Although minor, URL structure can have a cumulative impact on SEO. URLs are one area that most people setting up an author blog forget about. One thing that I did not cover when I wrote A Definitive Guide […]

Let’s talk about URL structure for author blogs

3rd March 2018 in Blogs and blogging tagged Author / blogs / guide / SEO / URL / WordPress by Matthew Brown

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle — The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle is a new release by first-time author Stuart Turton. Here at Author Buzz UK, we love seeing new authors getting into print. Which is why we are excited by the news of first-time author Stuart Turton’s book. Readers that pay very close attention will know that I […]

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

3rd February 2018 in Love Books tagged Author / debut novel / murder / new release / novel / Stuart Turton by Matthew Brown

By ActuaLitté (Neil Gaiman en France) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons — Neil Gaiman is legitimately an amazing author. Even if you are one of the few people that don’t enjoy his work, you have to respect the sheer breadth of the man’s success. So this post is a tribute to the amazing advice that Neil Gaiman has freely offered to others […]

Neil Gaiman on how to be an author

4th December 2017 in Becoming an author tagged advice / Author / Neil Gaiman / trailer by Matthew Brown

At what point can you say that you are not just a writer but an author – in other words, makes you an author? The cut-off point for a writer is easy. If you write then you are a writer. Yet we could hardly say if you “auth” then you […]

What makes you an author?

12th November 2017 in Advice tagged Author / questions / words / writers by Matthew Brown

Can and dog — Should authors blog? If so, what should we be blogging about? Blogging, like social media, is often touted as the golden ticket to book sales. It rarely delivers on this promise. Of course, they don’t – there is no such thing as a magic bullet to make sales happen. However, […]

Should authors blog? What should they blog?

8th August 2017 in Advice tagged Andy Weir / Author / Author Platform / blogging / blogs / Jane Friedman / Neil Gaiman / WordPress by Matthew Brown

Internet — It is the most common question I encounter when talking about this stuff, so today we are going to answer the question of how to become an author. At least according to the Internet. We asked Google “How do I become an author”. This is what we found. Write something […]

How to become an author (according to the Internet)

27th July 2017 in Advice tagged agent / Austin Macauley Publishers / Author / James Campbell / list / Nicholas Sparks / publisher / self-publishing / Sophie Kinsella by Matthew Brown

author typing — Have you ever heard of this thing called an author platform? It is supposed to sell books, right. The dream of being an author is highly compelling for us writers. We spend hours and weeks and years writing our book. Finally, it is ready to go. There is just one […]

A comprehensive introduction to author platforms

28th June 2017 in Advice tagged Author / Author Platform / books / email list / fans / guide / list / writers by Matthew Brown

Sir Terry Pratchett — Sir Terence David John “Terry” Pratchett, OBE (28 April 1948 – 12 March 2015) was an English author of fantasy novels and is best known for his Discworld series of 41 novels. Terry Pratchett, with more than 85 million books sold worldwide in 37 languages, was the UK’s best-selling author […]

Honouring Sir Terry Pratchett

5th June 2017 in Site News tagged Author / beginnings / community / fans / Ook by Matthew Brown

British Pounds — Only 11.5% of Authors earn their income through writing alone. It is not easy to be a professional writer. With the pay gap in author earnings growing between the best sellers and the rest of us, being a professional writer is getting harder all the time. You should not believe everything […]

The shocking truth about author earnings

2nd June 2017 in Business tagged Author / earnings / income / money / writers by Matthew Brown

books — One of the questions I get asked a lot is, what is Author Buzz? When people ask me that what they are really asking is why should I use Author Buzz? Today I want to talk about two parts of Author Buzz that I feel have the potential to make […]

Why should I use Author Buzz UK?

27th May 2017 in Author Buzz tagged about / Author / community / guide / testing / users / writers by Matthew Brown