Before becoming an indie-author, I had little appreciation of the challenges involved in getting your work published, but with technology moving so fast, it has become easier than ever to publish your own books – although it can still be a bit of a mine-field for the inexperienced.

Fortunately, in my previous life I was a bit of a techie, and spent many years as an IT Trainer; teaching essential and advanced skills across the full suite of Microsoft Office and various other software packages – particularly desktop publishing tools and some photo editing suites.

Even with my background, I found it a challenge to navigate the huge quantity of apps, restrictions, formatting rules and other idiosyncrasies that are part of publishing your own book.