New Project manager for Filament

We would like to welcome Mike Goss to his new role as project manager for Filament.  Mike has been a long-standing member of the Filament support team and many of you will have met him at Authorcraft events where he has been looking after our technical logistics. He...

Pitching your book for film – Screenwriter Charles Harris

Screenwriter Charles Harris delivered a workshop on ‘Pitching your book for film’, at the AuthorCraft event in January 2018. Here is a transcript of his talk.  So, I started off in the film business. I’m not just a writer, I’m a director and an...

Why is your Blurb so important?

So what is a blurb? A blurb on the back of your book or an Amazon page or any other website, is your sales pitch. Once your title and cover have drawn your potential reader in, the blurb is what is going to make the difference between your book being cast aside and...

The Do’s and Don’ts of Special Editions

Every author wants their book to stand out and look special. Explore the shelves in any good bookshop and you will see books with embossed covers, foil blocking, words picked out in varnish  (known as ‘spot U.V) and many other print embellishments and finishes.  It is...