G.J. Stevens's Blog, page 24

My Publishing Journey: The Stuff of Life

Personal Update This week is the seventh since Ive been working from home and six weeks since Ive left the house, other than to run. Today I have my quarterly blood donation and Id be lying if I didnt say I was a little anxious to be out in the big wide world again. Its []

Author Interview Series: Ben Black

Today I talk with Ben Black, an up and coming author who writes in a similar genre to myself. GJ: What brought you into the world of writing post-apocalyptic fiction? BB: I started writing when I was 8 or 9, you can imagine the quality of this, I imagine, but the post-apocalyptic writing started when []

My Publishing Journey: Write, Edit, Repeat

This week I give you an update on my lockdown projects, work in progress, hint at my ten year plan and short term plans for the future. Personal Update Everything is ticking over nicely and Ive very nearly completed my first lockdown projects, as you can see below. The first one is a three tier []

My Publishing Journey: Snazzy Title

Personal Update Nothing has changed about the home situation other than my waistline is feeling the strain of the easy access to snacks and other food whilst I work from home. We were expecting to be locked down for at least another three weeks and that was confirmed yesterday so its no big surprise and []

My Publishing Journey: Nearly Bestish

I skipped last weeks post in favour of launching pre-orders for LESSON LEARNED and a week long sale of IN THE END and FATES AMBITION. This week Ill recap what I can remember from the last two weeks. Personal Update All is well in the Stevens household. Were still working from home, which has been []

Pre-Release Bonanza Sale!

Ive skipped my weekly update in favour of telling you all about my new release LESSON LEARNED which is now available to pre-order. The book is the second in the CARRIE HARRIS series and follows on from OPERATION DAWN WOLF (which for the moment is still available for free to those on my mailing list). []

My Publishing Journey: Tick Tock

Like most other people Im now shut into my house, but Im lucky as I can fully function whilst working my day job from my home. Other than being perched on the end of the dining room table, it pretty much means that the only change is getting an extra hour in the day because []

Author Interview Archive: Chris Philbrook

In another delve in the archives, heres an interview with Chris Philbrook from March last year! GJ: Can you describe your journey to publishing your first novel? CP: Have you seen the Lord of the Rings? My publishing journey closely resembles Gimlis experience, but with about ten times as much rejection. No really. I wrote []

Lesson Learned: A Blurb

With the review of the copy edit now complete, Im at the stage were I need to get the paperback and ebook covers produced. That means I can no longer put off getting the blurb done! With the IN THE END series these have been produced by one of the leading (and expensive) blurb writers []

My Publishing Journey: Unprecedented Times

Wow. What a week. Right? It seems weird to now talk about something so normal as my everyday joy, excitement and challenges when were living in what could be the starting scenes from one of my books. However it helps me keep things normal so please allow me this indulgence. No one in my family []