G.J. Stevens's Blog, page 17

AN INTERVIEW WITH JAMES NORBURY

Writer and artist James Norbury began illustrating the adventures of Big Panda and Tiny Dragon, inspired by Buddhist philosophy and spirituality, to share the ideas that have helped him through his most difficult times, and he hopes they can help you too. James has always been deep and spiritual and having counted him as a […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – SUITS YOU

PERSONAL UPDATE It was my daughter’s 16th birthday last week and because we had to cancel our plans because of our friend’s health (not covid for once), we ended up having a party with the five of us, just like we did during lockdown. It was great fun, although I dived out for ninety minutes […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – RAPID FIRE

PERSONAL UPDATE After a week off the day job and a weekend camping with friends I return to the routine tanned, refreshed and ready to attack the second part of the year and my publishing goals. Now I just need to find the motivation to work off the weight I put on over August! WORK […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – CAMPING IT UP

PERSONAL UPDATE With next week off the day job to say farewell to the summer, as a family we’ll be having days out together and finishing off with another camping trip, this time with friends. I’ll be skipping a post next week as we’ll be in the middle of a field somewhere and I’d definitely […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – STRONGER

PERSONAL UPDATE Covid didn’t get me and I’ll back to pretty-much full strength. I’m left with a pain-in-the ass cough and a couples of minute to make up on my running time, but I feel normal again! This means I’m back to marketing and writing and editing and filling as much time as I can […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – A LITTLE PERSONAL

Just a quick update to day to say I’m out of isolation now and back to maybe 80% of feeling human again. I have next week off for a camping trip with the family so that will be a good opportunity to recuperate. This was definitely one of the worst, and certainly the longest illness […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – POSITIVE

PERSONAL UPDATE So I got COVID. I’ve been pretty unwell since Monday. A high fever and joint pains and now the cough is coming in, but the time between painkiller doses is getting less so hopefully I’m over the worst. The rest of the family have tested negative so the worst part of this is […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – A JOLLY TIME

PERSONAL UPDATE Next Friday I will be at Silverstone for the Formula 1 British Grand Prix so this will be my last post for a week! Summer is looking like being great weather for camping and finishing off the garden so I’m in a happy place. EVENTS This Saturday I’ll be in Henley-On-Thames at a […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – Eager as Ever

EVENTS Last weekend I attended a two day indoor craft market. It was the same venue I attended at Christmas for a very successful market last year. The gave me high hopes. The event was a moderate success, but didn’t make the decent profit I made at Christmas. I gave away around 30 novellas and […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – A SHOT IN THE ARM

Just a short post today. I have a day off from the day job as I’m taking some time out to landscape the back garden but hopefully I won’t miss too much writing time. Events This weekend is my first event in what seems like ages but has only been around 6 weeks. I’ll be […]