G.J. Stevens's Blog

SIX BOOKS THAT LIVE RENT FREE IN MY HEAD

I set myself a challenge of picking the top 6 books of all time, books that linger in my brain despite being years since I read them. They all have their special place and for different reasons. American Assassin by Vince Flynn is in my list because it was the book that started me reading […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – TAXING

I’m a little late with my monthly post, and this one should be all about what happened in March. So let’s get in with it! EVENTS I kicked off events season with three in a row. Devizes, Abingdon and Wallingford. This is the first year where I’m only doing events which I’ve got a track […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – SPRUNG

Spring is knocking on the door here in the UK and it feels like I’m in a great space with my writing. I’m almost all prepared for the new event season and my latest book is soon to be released, plus the next books are making good progress. WORK IN PROGRESS ADRIFT AMONGST THE STARS […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY

It’s been a busy 2025 over here, including things going on behind the scenes that keep me invigorated. More on that in the coming weeks I hope! WORK IN PROGRESS On the 10th January ADRIFT AMONGST THE STARS went of to my editor so I would imagine it will be back to me around the […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – A LOOK BACK ON 2024

It’s that time again that I look back at the last twelve months and set out goals for the next year. The year started with the release of the final book in the James Fisher, crime thrillers with a twist series, SHATTERED DESTINY. For fans of the first two books, it was well received and […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – REST

EVENTS At the beginning of the month I had my sixth best event ever and it was at Cranleigh. This location has now gone from one of my worst events to one of my best with a three figure profit. Part of the reason could have been due to the excellent positioning of the table […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – STARS

MARKETING & PROMOTION The paid free download promotion of LOST AMONGST THE STARS netted 2,600 downloads, which is very pleasing. I also got a small bump (from nothing) in page reads for the book and gave away over twenty free copies of the audiobook, and all this is with the aim of boosting reviews. Here’s […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – MONTHLY

Welcome to the first of my now monthly blog posts, where hopefully I’ll have much more to share than when I was coming to you every week. Since the last post my girls have gone off to uni (at opposite directions in the country, of course) and I’ve climbed a mountain, albeit a small one. […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – METAMORPH

WORK IN PROGRESS The audio for LOST AMONGST THE STARS is submitted and it’s been with ACX for four days now! Hopefully it won’t be too much longer before it’s out in the world. I’ve enjoyed working with the narrator, Samuel James, so much that I asked him to consider a royalty share for the […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – GLAMOUR

WORK IN PROGRESS I’ve reviewed the audio for LOST AMONGST THE STARS and sent back a handful of changes, including a couple of typos the narrator spotted. I’m hoping the audiobook will be out by the end of the month as I’m told the current wait time for approval is around a week. Progress on […]