James Blatch is a former BBC Defence Reporter and a former BBFC Film Examiner. He reported for the BBC on the UK military from, among other places, HMS Invincible, Kuwait, the Arctic Circle as well as covering the UK air offensive during the Kosovo Conflict in 1999.
However, you probably know James Blatch as one of the voices of the incredibly rich and popular Self Publishing Formula podcast which he co-hosts with thriller author Mark Dawson. James is also a director of the Self Publishing Formula Limited, an online course provider for independent authors, of which I have personally benefited from.
In this episode we go deep into:
James answers questions from Patrons:
Find out more about James:
https://selfpublishingformula.com/
https://www.jamesblatch.com/
Links from the show:
J Thorn’s “9 Things”series: http://getbook.at/9thingsseries
The Creative Penn Episode 500: https://pod.link/309426367/episode/aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cudGhlY3JlYXRpdmVwZW5uLmNvbS8_cD0zMTc4OA==
Ads for Authors course: https://selfpublishingformula.com/courses/
Author Accelerator: https://www.authoraccelerator.com/
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