This might be the last post for a little while, as to be perfectly frank, I’m in a total writing funk at the minute. That point where you ask why you bother, and question everything you did and its value. I’m sure in the future …
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Top of the Pops
I’m delighted to report that the free book download weekend was a huge success. In preparation for the release of Lorelei at the beginning of September I decided to make Hope Is A Six Letter Word free for e-book download this weekend and guess what? …
Read MoreIts (A) live!
Yes, you can finally see me in all my hatted and sunburnt glory. The Kit Derrick YouTube channel is now live. Why not pop over and give it a go? Stay safe, Kit
Read MoreAuthor Talk
Delighted to have delivered an author talk at Formby Library this afternoon. Compact and bijou would be the best description, with a small audience but as they say, quality of quantity. Joking aside, I enjoyed it immensely and it was lovely to have the opportunity …
Read MoreReview: Hope Is A Six letter Word – by me
At last, the reviewer has something positive to say about Kit Derrick! Hope Is A Six Letter Word is quite different from the author’s earlier books, and is probably his best to date. It must be a difficult book to pitch (as it is to …
Read MoreRubbish Month
April might well be the cruellest month, but May is the crappest. For me anyway. Sales have pretty much flatlined, and I managed to put my back out so have been grumpy, hobbling round on a stick, occasionally shaking it at the world and feeling …
Read MorePost Launch Blues
I’m never anything other than honest, no doubt to my own detriment, and the launch of Hope Is A Six Letter Word was a mixture of (excuse the pun) hope, excitement, and crushing disappointment. Authors play the long game, and I’m happy that with time, …
Read MoreHope Is A Six Letter Word – available now!
It’s alive! Hope Is A Six Letter Word is now available to buy either online from Amazon (mybook.to/Hope2022) or from all good (and even the not-so-good) bookshops in all its paperback goodness. ISBN 9781838426774 It’s been a long journey this time but I’m happy to …
Read MoreWill Anyone Like My Book?
The release of Hope Is A Six Letter Word is imminent now, so it’s time for me to enter author purgatory. All of the inspiration and graft of creation is complete, and I’m in that phase that most authors have to deal with; the terror …
Read MoreNon-fiction Work in Progress
Fiction is easy. Relatively speaking, I mean. Over the most recent weeks, while Hope has been at reviewers, editors, etc, I’ve stepped aside from the next novel I was working on, to return to the (mainly) non-fiction book about my experiences of looking after my …
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