Author and Renaissance wannabe
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 …
Read MoreJust a quick blogpost here about the pricing of novels (for fellow authors). I have to admit, I found this quite a difficult decision, as I find profit margins can actually be really small on self-published books through Amazon. I’m not doing this for the …
Read MoreI had an odd realisation the other day. As you may have realised, quite a lot of my fiction is set in the NorthWest of England (not surprising as I know it well), but the likely locations for the next three fiction books on my …
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I’ve mentioned in some previous blogposts how accuracy can be difficult, and I’m by nature someone who wants everything in my books to be truthful and factual where it can be, but there are a couple of exceptions. In tEXt me, there were a couple …
Read MoreI can’t believe it’s 2022! What a weird couple of years, but for me, there are positives as well as the more obvious negatives. I’ve had this website for a year now, and have thrown myself into the writing World wholesale. And I love it! …
Read MoreIt’s so nice to finally get some reviews for tEXt me. I’m back to editing the next story, after a period where for whatever reasons I just couldn’t motivate myself to write, but I’m enjoying being back in ‘the zone’ now, even if that means …
Read MoreI’ve had a bit of a writing lull recently, finding it hard to motivate myself, and one of the reasons is the relative lack of success (expecially in garnering reviews) from my latest novel, tEXt me. I genuinely think it’s the best I’ve released so …
Read MoreSo, I have a new appendix, and through writing it, I discovered the history of the girl, who she really was and why she was where she was, things that the original narrative didn’t include or need. Re-editing the main story with that knowledge really …
Read MoreThis little distraction is about my writing process, and the next (probably) novel. Let’s cut straight to the chase, shall we? I’m what other writers call a “pantser” rather than a planner. Authors tend to fall into two camps; those who meticulously record plot, backstory, …
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