G.J. Stevens's Blog, page 23
July 9, 2020
My Publishing JOurney – LAND OF THE RISING SUN
Personal Update We’re going on holiday! Last October we booked to go to Spain as a family and when the pandemic hit it became very apparent we weren’t going to be able go. Now everything has calmed down, we’re able to jet off into the sun! The only thing that can stop us now is […]
July 2, 2020
My PUBLISHING JOURNEY – FREE AS A BIRD
Sales & Marketing After a full week now with the increased budget things are going well so far and my plans are getting more ambitious. Next month if I make a profit this month I intend on doubling the budget again. I’m going to see where this takes me! As expected June’s sales have surpassed […]
June 25, 2020
My PUBLISHING JOURNEY – HAPPY COVER AFTER
Personal Update Not much to say here other than the exciting news that from 5th July we can go around our friend’s house and stay the night. About ten minutes after the Prime Minister announced the news, we’d organised to stay with our friends! The Big Reveal Following on from the exclusive reveal to my […]
June 18, 2020
My PUBLISHING JOURNEY – WRITE EDIT REPEAT
Personal Update Nothing much has changed, other than it’s a new season in Fortnite (my main way to get all three of the kids together in one room). I’m still quite happy perched on the end of my dining room table working away at my day job when I’m not writing, but hopefully in the […]
June 11, 2020
My Publishing journey – ALWAYS LEARnING LESSONS
Personal Update Last week saw my birthday, the launch of LESSON LEARNED and my twenty year anniversary of being at my day job, so there was a lot going on. On Friday I had a lovely surprise when I was called on a video conference with all of my colleagues and my Managing Director gave […]
June 4, 2020
Lesson Learned Is OUT!
Today is one of my favourite days of the year. It’s a day that after years of hard work I get to send a new novel out to the world. LESSON LEARNED follows Agent Carrie Harris on her first deployment since OPERATION DAWN WOLF (the free novel I give to all my subscribers) and is available […]
May 28, 2020
My Publishing Journey: Nearly a Library
Personal Update Not much to say here really, all goes well but I am missing getting out to sell my books face to face, especially with a new release in hand. Outdoor markets are set to start again next month so I have to see how I feel about setting something up for later in […]
May 22, 2020
My Publishing Journey: End of an Era
Personal Update Everything is going well on a personnel level. We’re still working from home but there are signs that our eleven year old might get back to school for two days a week, plus I might get to go to the office at some point, although we will be working mostly from home for […]
May 14, 2020
My Publishing Journey: Record Breaker
Personal Update Everything continues to go well during the lockdown, but Im looking forward to getting out of the house and travelling to meet a friend on Sunday for a socially distance run! With more and more of our plans and events for this year being cancelled, it could be a time to get really []
May 8, 2020
My Publishing Journey: Have you learned your lesson?
This week I discuss first feedback for LESSON LEARNED, advertising for the new book and for the IN THE END series, along with work in progress. ARC Lesson Learned With my next novel due to be released on 5th June 2020 it has been with the ARC readers for a few weeks now and Ive []
