2012 SXSW: The Future Of This Blog

  Sometimes taking a step back can make all the difference to your future. Take a few moments to smell the Roses and you may find they’re actually Tulips…with Skittles instead of soil…and ears instead of petals. Going to 2012 SXSW did that for me, and the ideas I...

2012 SXSW: Merchandise + Authors = Cheese & Chicken

  I’ve been wittering on about 2012 SXSW all week, but I promise there are only two more posts to go. Today I want to talk about merchandising for authors, a crazy consideration for most. The thing is, I was sat in a talk about crowdsourcing (as discussed in the...

2012 SXSW: Is Crowdsourcing The Future?

After my visit to 2012 SXSW I took in some great talks from some great panellists. They were music based, but the subjects got me thinking about my own writing and author platform. Music and Books are not that different, and are going through, or have been through,...

2012 SXSW: The Future Of Publishing?

2012 SXSW may have been the central focus for the music and interactive industries, but the span of expertise covers all corners of the business stratosphere. My outlook on things is this: an expert is a valuable source and you should look to listen whenever you can....

2012 SXSW: The Famous Five

I’m back everyone, and although I left part of my mind back in Austin (I do hope it returns at some point this week), I’m back and raring to go with lots of new ideas for this Blog and beyond. For those of you unaware, I have just been to 2012 SXSW in Austin: a Music,...