by Beverley Glick

You may have heard of ChatGPT, the latest advance in open-source artificial intelligence, which can answer questions by referring to its vast database of knowledge and language models. So, I thought I’d ask it, ‘What is a developmental editor?’

It gave me a...

By Sue Richardson, Beverley Glick, Paul East, Debbie Nichol

What’s stopping you getting your writing project underway? You know you want to. Perhaps you know you need to. But taking those first steps can feel a bit daunting, can’t it?

So, we’ve put together some fast and focused...

By Debbie Nichol

Back in 2007, I tentatively opened my shiny new textbooks at the beginning of a journey to complete a degree with the Open University. It was a hugely challenging and rewarding experience, both personally and academically, and 11 years after starting the first round of modules, I...

by Beverley Glick

Whenever I share a post on social media about writing a business book, I often receive comments from business owners telling me that they think they’ve got a book in them or an idea for a book is slowly forming in the back of their minds. The implication, however, is often...

by Beverley Glick

Whether you’re a solo service provider or running a small business, you might be thinking about your next investment. Perhaps it’s new hardware, software or office equipment. Maybe you need to hire a marketing or PR person, a social media expert or a virtual...

By Beverley Glick

When you first decide to write a book to promote your business, you probably won’t be thinking about the details of how you’re going to get it done. At this stage it’s still an exciting idea – and you can’t wait to get started. But when you...

By Paul East

When you come to write your book, you’ll soon discover that there’s a team of other people involved in the process. They’re all going to have something to say about your writing, and they’ll each have strong opinions. But they all have an essential role to...

By Beverley Glick

I wonder what goes through the mind of a mountaineer who decides to tackle Everest? After all, no matter how many climbers reach its peak, the ascent remains a potentially life-threatening endeavour, even with the help of highly experienced Sherpas.

Writing a business book is,...

It was about 8:30 pm on 29 August 2018, and most of my nearest and dearest business friends were around the table, having just eaten a wonderful meal in celebration of my 60^th Birthday. I stood up and to those friends, I committed to doing more research around my work and, ‘over the next...

I have always been very interested in observing people and their behaviour, even down to studying their body language. It is what got me interested in marketing in my early career. I wanted to understand how and why people were motivated to buy different brands. Over the years, as I studied...