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MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – NEXT STOP

WORK IN PROGRESS LOST AMONGST THE STARS has reached 63,000 words and I’m four chapters into the current editing pass which has the aims of continuing to polish the prose but also to update many of the scenes with changes following my decision to add more depth to one of the characters. One of the […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – REWRITE

WORK IN PROGRESS I’m on the last couple of chapters on this revision round for LOST AMONGST THE STARS and the manuscript stands at around 62,000 words. I had planned to continue rewriting and revising part two of the story but I’ve been thinking that one of the main supporting characters needs a bit more […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – ALTERNATIVE

WORK IN PROGRESS I’m still working through the second draft of LOST AMONGST THE STARS, although progress is good, and it’s sitting at around 59,000 words. Based on my current rate I think it will hit no more than 65,000 total. That’s about midway between my upper and lower limits of where I wanted it […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – HOODIE

WORK IN PROGRESS Last weekend I completed the first full draft of the combined two parts of LOST AMONGST THE STARS. It’s sitting at just under 60,000 words and I’ll be happy if it doesn’t grow beyond 70,000 as I embellish and focus the story. This week I’m working on what I consider to be […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – EMBELLISH

WORK IN PROGRESS LOST AMONGST THE STARS is progressing well with the first draft of part two closing in on the word count of part one. I’m loving continuing the story but I’m still in the race to get the basic paragraph and plot structure on the page, knowing that I’m leaving behind plenty of […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – BACKWARDS

After the success of publishing my first book in 2018 (IN THE END) I made a decision to not only write and release the complete trilogy, but to also re-edit and release the six novels I’d previously written. With yesterday’s release of SHATTERED DESTINY it means that I’ve finally fulfilled that decision and it takes […]

NEW RELEASE – SHATTERED DESTINY IS OUT

Yes, you’ve read it right. The final book in my three part series of crime thrillers about a guy who can make you believe anything he wants is finally out. It’s only taken me over ten years to finish, publishing so many stories in between, but now it’s come to an end with a thrilling […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – BEST BIRTHDAY

With less than a week to go until the final book in the James Fisher series of crime thrillers with a twist are out, I’ve been thinking about marketing the series for the first time in anger. I’ve decided the best approach is to try offering book one, Fate’s Ambition, for free. Free is not […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – PLODDING ALONG

WORK IN PROGRESS LOST AMONGST THE STARS Part 1 is now with around 10 alpha readers selected from my Facebook groups, my mailing list and one long standing pre-reader. I’m yet to have any feedback so far, but it’s been less than a week. Almost as soon as I sent out the alpha copies on […]

MY PUBLISHING JOURNEY – LOST STARS

WORK IN PROGRESS I have the proof of SCATTERED DESTINY at my side. I haven’t had chance to review it yet but I know of at least once change. I should get it reviewed and any updates made this weekend and my author copies ordered. I have 4 copies I need to send out to […]