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January 9, 2019
Author Interview Series: Craig DiLouie
Craig DiLouie is an American-Canadian author of thriller, sci-fi/fantasy, and horror fiction. His work has been published by big publishers, small presses, and self-published; nominated for major literature awards; published in multiple languages; and optioned for screen adaptation. You write in many genres. Do you have a preference? My work tends to focus on ordinary […]
January 8, 2019
Author’s Life: Book Signing Event
Out of the blue I’ve found a major high street bookseller in the UK advertising for authors who would like to do book signings in their stores. Too good to be true, I thought. They’ll never let an Indie do this of course, I quickly questioned. However, with my no-guts, no-glory promotion attitude I thought […]
January 6, 2019
A Conversation with Eric Brown
British SF writer Eric Brown is the author of many highly-acclaimed novels, including The Kings of Eternity, The Serene Invasion, and Engineman. He has also written some of the best short SF of the last twenty years, and a dozen books for children. His Bengal Station trilogy, Necropath, Xenopath and Cosmopath, feature Jeff Vaughan, a […]
January 5, 2019
Is The London Book Fair for Indies?
In the back of my mind I’ve been looking to go to a book fair in 2019 and I saw a KDP advert for the London Book Fair in March. It got me thinking about whether an event of that scale, probably one of the largest in the UK, would have anything to offer the […]
January 3, 2019
My Publishing Journey – One Month Down
It’s difficult to believe but it’s already been a month since In The End released! Sales are going pretty much as expected, with the majority of the modest total revenue coming from Kindle Unlimited. It’s the long game and my concentration is fixed firmly the distance. Below I’ve got a quick roundup of all the […]
January 2, 2019
Author Interview Series: G X Todd
Today I interview G X Todd in the latest of my Author Interview Series. For those of you not familiar, G X Todd is the author of the wildly successful post-apocalyptic novel Defender released in 2017. GJ: My close friend Sarah, devours post-apocalyptic fiction and inspired me to write my apocalyptic novel, In The End. She introduced me […]
January 1, 2019
Author Interview Series: Helen Marshall
In my first interview for 2019 I am joined by Helen Marshall as she discusses how she came to publish her new novel The Migration. Can you introduce yourself in one sentence? I like the weird stuff. Can you give an introduction to your writing? My writing is a mash-up of horror, fantasy and the […]
December 30, 2018
What a Year – 2018
The last twelve months have been a whirlwind of learning, pushing the boundaries of comfort and also have given me a great deal of fulfilment. 2018 saw my first year of blogging, with the site set up originally just to share my writing with a few people who’d shown interest. Instead of staying as simple […]
December 21, 2018
My Publishing Journey: 3 Weeks Since Release
Time today for a whistle stop round up of progress so far, including some frustrations and exciting progress. Sales As expected, sales have slowed down, but I’ve breached the 100 mark, with around 103 novels sold, if you include the Kindle Unlimited page reads. That’s 19 (18%) paperbacks, 49 (47%) eBooks and 10,710 (35%) pages […]
December 20, 2018
Author Interview Series: One Half of S. L. Grey
Louis Greenberg is a Johannesburg-bred author and editor. He was a bookseller for several years, and has a Master’s degree in vampire fiction and a doctorate in post-religious apocalyptic fiction. His first novel , The Beggars’ Signwriters, was shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and he’s also the author of Dark Windows and Green Valley. […]
