Author and Renaissance wannabe
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 …
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So, the first proof of Hope Is A Six Letter Word arrived, really quickly in fact, and as this is in my writing process series, I’ll stop right there and point out how important it is for authors to pay close attention to these. It …
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Very excited that the files and cover now uploaded to Amazon for Hope Is A Six Letter Word. As is usual, and as this covers the publishing journey there were a couple of glitches. For some unknown reason, I still haven’t worked out why, the …
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So, a week off work and very little what I hoped to do actually done, though I did manage a research trip to Llangollen. I’m at one of those stages when there are so many writing tasks I feel I should be doing that it’s …
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We got there! The next stage of the process foe the cover was some tweaking and hard decisions, and we narrowed down to a new font, two title options, and either in red, orange and purple, which I duly sent to trusted friends and colleagues …
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So I’m back to the process of putting together the pre-release info for my next book, Hope Is A Six Letter Word (provisional release date April 15th), hence the awful pun in the post title. I have my isbn assigned now, so it can start …
Read MoreThis is another post after reading How to Market a Book https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08TZJQ1FB/ . I discovered lots of really common sense ideas in this book, not complex or World-changing, but blindingly obvious when you think about them in retrospect. The title of this post is the …
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So as my proofer is kindly correcting all my mistakes for the next book, Hope Is A Six Letter Word, my lovely designers (http://blushcreate.com/) have sent me ideas for the next cover. They sent me fifteen rough ideas for direction, based on some keywords about …
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I’m going to post a couple of linked blogs over the next weeks about marketing of books, with particular reference to one I read on the subject, by Reedsy, called aptly enough, How to Market a Book (https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B08TZJQ1FB/ ). Let me say first off, I …
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I’m currently about 20,000 words into my next-but-one novel (Hope Is A Six Letter Word currently under proofing knife), and the research part of this has never been so enjoyable! This week I am mainly listening to mid-70s and early 80s rock music, so am …
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