G.J. Stevens's Blog, page 22

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – NEARING THE END

WORK IN PROGRESS I’m jumping straight into it this week with news that AFTER THE END is back from the copy-editor. Apart from the normal litter of minor comments, punctuation and structure changes, I’m pleased to report there is no major feedback with the book. This means I’m on track for the release date of […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY: SAVE DRAFT

Personal Update The new COVID rules from the government aren’t really going to effect me much, the rule of six has already put pay to meeting with our friends for a night at their house anyway. I broadly support the restrictions as we have to keep everyone safe whilst not putting a wreaking ball to […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY: COMPLETING THE CIRCLE

Personal Update I spent last Friday to Sunday hiking around a third of the Isle of Wight having previously covered the other two thirds in recent year. As always, it was great to see my friends and spend so long with them and of course the sights were amazing as always. Seeing the Needles jutting […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY: ANALYSIS & RESEACH

Personal Update I have an early start this morning as I’m away with friends to hike the Isle of Wight (UK). There will be many great views, plenty of trash talk, two nights under the stars and maybe a few beers. Okay, there will definitely be beers! This week I’ve found the joy of some […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – ORDER NOW

Personal Update Last weekend I was away camping with family and friends. We had a great time battling the wind which seemed to be nowhere else other than the field we were in! The last day the wind dropped and caught us off guard and we all left with red faces! Now it’s back to […]

My Publishing Journey – After The Break

Personal Update Despite not being in Spain I had a very busy time off with the family, camping, meals out, visiting a theme park and a water adventure park, among a few other things. I also gave the family a walking tour of London and we took our two teenage daughters for their first visit […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – A SHORT BREAK

PERSONAL UPDATE This week was my first week working in my new self contained office for my day job as an alternative to working from. I’m enjoying the walks to and from work, although walking fast for 15 minutes and then going for a 30 minute run on less food than I’ve been used to […]

My Publishing Journey – Is Profit Everything?

Personal Update For those of you keeping up with the current affairs, you’ll realise we’ve had to cancel our holiday to Spain which we were due to head off on in a weeks’ time. But hey, that’s a first world problem! Instead we’ll be camping for a few nights in the UK and then going […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – EDIT EDIT EDIT

PERSONAL UPDATE Along with getting reading for our holiday in August, I’ve found out I will be stopping working from home, but to protect ourselves from the virus I will be working in a serviced office on my own for the next six month. The office is a fifteen minute walk away which means I […]

My PUblishing Journey – Double Trouble

Sales and Marketing This week I have experimented with duplicating my existing facebook advert. You would think that duplicating the ad would duplicate the performance. It didn’t and it’s very frustrating, partly because there seems to be no logic. I also tried changing the targeting of one the ads from fiction book readers who have […]