Piara Strainge is a writer and photographer based in the South East of England. In the summer of 2001 she began working for an adventure tour operator and, becoming quickly smitten with the travel bug, she was fortunate enough to spend the next decade travelling all over the world. Now she combines her passion for globetrotting with her love of writing and photography. For the last five years, Piara has been studying the changes in the Publishing Industry in depth and is helping aspiring writers realise the potential of the self publishing movement. She is the author of the blog All Things Writing, Travel and Photography and the three-part e-guide for new authors An Introduction to the Publishing Industry today. For more information about Piara’s life and work, visit her website at www.piarastrainge.com or follow her on Twitter @piarastrainge