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MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – POP

LOST AMONGST THE STARS The book is now ready for the on sale date of 28th June. If you want to grab your copy, the Kindle edition is available on pre-order here. Here is the elevator pitch: On an unrecognisable world far from their home, the crew of interstellar freighter, the Mary May, find themselves […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – GOTHAM

After two weeks off and spending five days somewhere you might recognise, I’ve got a lot to tell you, so strap in. LOST AMONGST THE STARS I’ve had the manuscript back from the editor and after taking a couple of days to review the edits and make minor changes based her comments, I’ve completed a […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – QUARTER

EVENTS Last week I was in Chichester and came away with an average profit, which I’m very happy with. Like last week, the flow of the footfall was pretty steady across the day which meant it didn’t drag, but nonetheless I had time to think about new marketing ideas. The sales were overwhelmingly of FATE’S […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – WIND

EVENTS With the Saturday sun beating down on the fair cathedral city of Salisbury, the tourists were out in force, as were the readers, apparently. Despite there being two other authors with stalls, I managed to hit a record profit (outside of Christmas) at any event and it was my third highest profit ever! The […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – FLIPPING

WORK IN PROGRESS LOST AMONGST THE STARS is now off for edit and it should be back within the month. Once complete I will prepare for a limited paperback release and get it sent off to literary agents. Not wanting to take any time off from writing, I decided to read and edit the first […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – AIR

EVENTS Last weekend I was at Henley Town Hall for a craft fair. It was my seventh time at the location which has generally achieved average profit across the previous markets. Although the town centre was reported to be pretty quiet, I managed to exceed the average by quite a bit! One interaction still sticks […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – WICKED

WORK IN PROGRESS I’m halfway through the self-edit with ProWritingAid and within a week I’ll be on the final read through, then after basic formatting, it’s off for edit. EVENTS Last week saw me at a craft fair in Abingdon with my hopes pinned on the event that ranked highest for profit out all locations, […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – STARS

EVENTS I attended an event at Hungerford last Saturday and it was make or break as to whether I would book the space again for the 2025 season. In my previous three events I’d had two that barely broke even and one that was under average. The fourth event was to be a test. It […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – AGAIN

MARKETING AND PROMOTION So I’m advertising again… A fellow author guilted me with their tens of thousands of page reads a day success and all just from having a great series of books, spending $5 a day on Facebook advertising and link dropping. So I decided to give set up a new ad on Facebook. […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – HUNGRY

EVENTS Last Saturday I was at Thame in Oxfordshire and the event started strong with a sale, albeit a small one, 15 minutes before we even opened. The morning then rushed along and I’d broken even by eleven am, then building strongly until around lunchtime when the weather turned and things slowed down. I was […]