Category: writing

Posts predominantly related to writing and specifically the books of author Stephen Liddell

My WW1 history book ‘Lest We Forget’ is currently available free on Kindle by the Publishers

I know it’s quite a common thing for some writer to make their books available free or heavily discounted  for a short period of time.  It’s never something I’ve agreed with or indeed done. Whilst checking on some on something else I found out my WW1 history book Lest We Forget which was published by… Continue reading My WW1 history book ‘Lest We Forget’ is currently available free on Kindle by the Publishers

My second article for the Independent Newspaper

A few days ago my second article for the Independent newspaper was published and I thought some of you might like to read it. It is all about the travails of being a tour guide when there are no tourists! https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/uk/coronavirus-uk-group-tour-operator-stephen-liddell-b1447771.html If you’d like a tour of London from the comfort of your sofa then… Continue reading My second article for the Independent Newspaper

Amazon have a special offer on my #1 best-selling book – Secret Gardens of the City of London

I don’t normally do this but my new book Secret Gardens of the City of London is still number 1 in its section on Amazon! It’s quite an achievement given that the algorithms are always changing the ranks moved on an hourly basis. Amazon have themselves reduced the price from £10.99 to £9.21 which they… Continue reading Amazon have a special offer on my #1 best-selling book – Secret Gardens of the City of London

My new book made it to number one best-seller on Amazon! AND my first pitch to a newspaper is the Travel Feature in the Independent newspaper!

I’ve had such a busy week as I so often do that I was only aware of one of these events last night. Namely my new book Secret Gardens of the City of London which had been climbing in the charts since its release just over a month ago reached the number 1 ranking in… Continue reading My new book made it to number one best-seller on Amazon! AND my first pitch to a newspaper is the Travel Feature in the Independent newspaper!

Coronavirus Diary 67 – Pitching ideas to the national newspapers

Following all the events I’ve gone through in the last few weeks, I was kindly tipped off about a possible opening for writing an article for a newspaper as opposed to being the subject of them! Last week I pitched 3 ideas to a quality broadsheet newspaper and was delighted to find out that 2… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 67 – Pitching ideas to the national newspapers

My new book is out – Secret Gardens of the City of London

After a year of solid work my new book has just been released in Paperback, Kindle Apple iBook formats.   So what’s it all about? Secret Gardens of the City of London is based on my unique, popular and generally well regarded tour with Ye Olde England Tours  Sacred Secret Sanctuary Gardens Walk (rated by Trip Advisor… Continue reading My new book is out – Secret Gardens of the City of London

My new book cover – Secret Gardens of the City of London

I thought today as I’m having a relatively easy day (I hope) to unveil the cover for my forthcoming Secret Gardens of the City of London. This is the Kindle formatted cover which ends up being very similar if not identical to the one on iBooks and many other electronic retailers.  A paperback cover is… Continue reading My new book cover – Secret Gardens of the City of London

Book covers…. book titles

So I’ve been working on finishing my new book.  I’m on the 3rd sweep through it now and I feel like I know it off by heart.   I got the idea about a year ago based on my very successful My new tour – Sacred, Secret, Gardens of London   but even I didn’t know how… Continue reading Book covers…. book titles

Coronavirus Diary 10 – Creatively Self-Isolating

One of the things I love is being creative.  I’ve always wanted to be more creative.  I’ve written books, penned magazine articles and had the odd television and radio appearance as a nominal ‘expert’ but ever since I creatively started my own business I have had ever decreasing amounts of time to be creative in… Continue reading Coronavirus Diary 10 – Creatively Self-Isolating