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January 24, 2019
My Publishing Update: Nearly 2 Months Already!
This week there’s been a natural lull in the interviews as I wait for responses. Instead I’ve filled the time with editing and rewriting, editing and more editing. Mostly, anyway. Reviews These are still one of the most important aspects for successful sales, but an area I have little control over now that the novel […]
January 20, 2019
A Conversation With Author Helen Matthews
Helen contacted me on Twitter to ask a few questions about my upcoming book signing with WHSmith and we got into a conversation about post-publication book promotion events. As we chatted I saw this would make a great post to share with everyone. So after Helen kindly added in a few more details, here’s the […]
January 18, 2019
Author Interview Series: Keith Brooke
Keith Brooke’s most recent novel alt.human (published in the US as Harmony) was shortlisted for the 2013 Philip K Dick Award. He is also the editor of Strange Divisions and Alien Territories: the Sub-genres of Science Fiction, an academic exploration of SF from the perspectives of a dozen top authors in the field. Writing as Nick Gifford, his teen […]
January 17, 2019
My Publishing Journey: Out with the Creature Comforts
Another mad, hectic week has flown by and I’ve got plenty to talk about in today’s update, including latest sales and advertising, the audiobook of In The End, events and progress on book two. Sales & Advertising As part of the test I described last week, I’ve paused the Amazon advertising, plus the price promotions […]
January 16, 2019
Author Interview Series: Ryan Casey
Ryan Casey is the author of over a dozen novels and a highly successful serial. He writes gritty post-apocalyptic fiction, studying how normal people react and adapt when the world collapses around them. He has also written several detective mysteries and thrillers. Across all genres, Casey’s work is renowned for its rapid pacing, unforgettably complex […]
January 15, 2019
Inside the Publishing Industry: Stuart Bache, Cover Designer
With well over a decade of experience in both traditional and independent publishing, Stuart Bache started his career as a Junior Designer for Hodder & Stoughton, worked as Senior Designer for Puffin Books and HarperCollins, and was Art Director of Oneworld Publications. He has worked across every major genre for a whole host of publishers […]
January 14, 2019
Author Interview Series: Michael Cobley
Serial salted-caramel Kitkat eater and self-proclaimed fan of ‘My Dinner With Andre’, Michael Cobley always has a Plan B. After a few years writing short stories, his first novel, ‘Shadowkings’ (pt 1 of an epic fantasy trilogy), was published in 2001 by Earthlight-Simon & Schuster. In 2009, ‘Seeds Of Earth’, pt 1 of his space […]
January 13, 2019
Inside the Publishing Industry: A Conversation with Literary Agent Paula Munier
In her fabulous day job as Senior Literary Agent and Content Strategist for Talcott Notch Literary, Paula Munier represents many great writers. Her specialties include crime fiction, women’s fiction, upmarket fiction, MG and crossover YA, high-concept SFF, and nonfiction. Paula is the author of the bestselling Plot Perfect, The Writer’s Guide to Beginnings, Writing with […]
January 11, 2019
Announcement: Book Signing 16th Feb 2019
I’m very pleased to announce that on the 16th February 2019 I will be at WHSmiths Uxbridge Town Centre from 11am signing copies of my debut novel In The End. Uxbridge, Middlesex is the town in which I went to secondary school and its a great honour to be given the chance to meet with […]
January 10, 2019
My Publishing Journey: Promotion & Advertising
Another week has flown by as I work to test the Amazon Marketing Services available through KDP along with price promotions and arrangements for first author signing events and trying to get my nose into editing Before The End, along with approving chapters for the audiobook of In The End. I’ll go into a bit […]
