Book cover love
Lifestyle, indie author, Personal, Culture, Reading Alex McFarlane Lifestyle, indie author, Personal, Culture, Reading Alex McFarlane

Book cover love

In case you haven’t guessed, I have a lot of nerdy interests, and there’s one that brings them all together - book covers.

Yes. My strange history of doing 180s career wise, side quests with hobbies and a dollop of ADHD has met in this often overlooked art form.

Book covers are not just a marketing tool, but a chance to look at a snapshot of time. It shows trends (real or imagined) and what the average person actually consumed.


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Three ways to beat writer’s block
writing tips, indie author Alex McFarlane writing tips, indie author Alex McFarlane

Three ways to beat writer’s block

Like a lot of authors I caught the writer's block bug. This was due to a whole host of reasons, but mainly because life is hard and the world is burning.

2025 may not have been the publishing success I expected (sorry book 2, you’re a 2026 joint now!), but here are three things that helped me beat writer’s block and re-start my creative life.

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