Pia Horan-Gross

Pia is Swiss-born but has lived in Australia since 1971. She studied English literature after arriving in Australia. Later, she studied for a Certificate in Welfare Work (TAFE) and a Bachelor Degree in Health Science (Rehab. Couns.) at the University of Sydney were obtained. She worked as a counsellor and life coach but is presently retired and enjoys writing and self-publishing, teaching English conversation skills, and spending time with her two adult daughters and three grandchildren.

Mistakes to avoid when Writing a Memoir

I really like these points listed by “Bookbaby.com” in a recent post, with BlueInk’s permission: Too often, an independent author writing a memoir doesn’t deliver the sort of book readers at large can appreciate. Your task is to tell an interesting story, and you should avoid making these six mistakes. You’ve lived a full and […]

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Building an Author Platform

One of the dos for “indie” authors (short for independent, I am told) is building your author platform, so it seems. This is one of the many hoops “trendy” self-publishing authors are recommended to jump through, by internet self-publishing gooroos. The list is truly dizzying; first you need to produce a manuscript as close to

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