Ladey Adey Show

The two questions I am asked the most are:

• How do I start to write a book, and then conversely once writing has begun,
• How do I know when it is finished?

This is a series of four articles about how to s…

An organisation every Children's author and budding Children's author should know doubt.

Ambassador for Read for Good -  Debbie Young, talks with me about the charity, its aims and impression on child…

What is the mystery around a Pen Name?

Can Authors choose any name they would like?

Interview with Glenn Salter or Author Simon Fairfax, www.simonfairfax.com about how he choose his pen name and what …

ALLi (Alliance of Independent Authors)

Why is joining this alliance important for authors?

I explore this in the interview with Debbie Young, Author Advise Centre Manager.

The modern form of self-publis…

Reading with Children - perspectives from Wendy Bell, Primary School Teacher, Donnington, Lincolnshire and former Primary School Headmistress.

Wendy talks about the joy of reading with children, inclu…

ISBN is International Standard Book Number and it is a unique identifier of books.

Why is this important?

Authors ask: Do I really need an ISBN on my book, can't I just print it?

Ladey answers this ques…

Fantastic Indepth interview about Beta Reading, Beta Readers and how BetaBooks.co works. Ladey interviews Paul Kilpatrick - Co Founder of Betabooks.co and How Authors Work.com. Paul alongside his bus…

Fee-fi-fo-fum

I smell the blood of an Englishman

Be he alive or be he dead

I'll grind his blood to make my bread

It is a little grim perhaps for a 3-4 year old but I, and my daughters in their turn, love…

What is Your Author's Voice?

I'm not talking about audio books here, but the author's style and way of communicating through their writing.

Can too much editing and correcting destroy this?

What about t…

As an Author I was struggling today. 

I had got stuck in the middle of writing a chapter in my book. It’s a non-fiction book on how to become a published author, but the areas making me pause were on …

Why Authors need to go to Literary Festival

A place every author needs to investigate, to network, make contact and ultimately have their books featured.

Literary Festivals or Book Fairs are a feast fo…

Writer's Block

What is it?

If inflicted on a Writer - it can be devastating as they experience Creative Slowdown.

Great ways to combat it, declare war and succeed.

Wonderful words as a Letter from a Futu…

Have you spotted Harry Potter or Elsa wandering around your town?

Could they be celebrating World Book Day?

What is World Book Day all about? 

It’s the day given over to the joy of encouraging Children …

Ladey talks with Rev Dr Clifford Hill and Monica Hill, Authors of the newly published Living in Babylon and Living Victoriously in Babylon the Workbook.

Clifford Hill MA BD PhD is a sociologist and a …

What do you need to know about the Craft of Writing?

1. Go back to being a Beginner
2. There are no Shortcuts!

Which Authors do you most admire?  

Roald Dahl, JK Rowing, CS Lewis, David Walliams, Stephen…

Writing is the single most important thing an Author can do - sounds obvious, right? 

However, blocks can get in the way or the hurry to edit.

• How editing can interfere with the writing process is the…

Ladey explores the relationship between Author and Reader—the good relationships and the not so good.  She has received some great responses from some Authors in the past, like Catherine Cookson and …

Ladey interviews Author and Coach Kris Cavanaugh Castro from Shift Inc about:

• the process of writing
• how to stop procrastination
• value of being an author and much more.

Kris has an amazing ability…