Alastair Rosie's Blog - Posts Tagged "fantasy"
Merry Xmas to all!
Well it's not the night before Christmas, it's actually Monday night but I'll be busy wrapping presents and just chilling out so I won't have the inclination to write a blog. I haven't even been motivated to put up a tree for quite a few years now. But for those of you who like to celebrate Christmas have a good one and stay safe!
It's been a productive week for me. I've been branching out and putting out feelers and making a few changes. One of the most dramatic changes was uploading The Deepening Dark to Amazon, (KDP). It took a bit to take the plunge as I'd been put off by the KDP Select program, which would have forced me off Smashwords and every other retailer for 90 days. I do like Amazon, I buy quite a lot of books from them but I won't allow my work to be limited to just one retailer.
That being said KDP Select is an option for those who have a few books in their back catalogue and can afford to lock one into the program to help promote other books.
The Amazon link is at the bottom of the page by the way.
The actual formatting is supposed to be the most difficult part but I've done my fair share of DTP back in my PageMaker/Quark XPress days and understand the process so that part was actually ridiculously easy.
Another change I made was posting half of my next novel up on Wattpad. The book has the working title Cat's Story and while I love the book I'm ambivalent about the title, it sounds too bland for me. Cat's story is told from the viewpoint of Samantha Sullivan, a young American expatriate living in Scotland and her stepmother, a 700 year old vampire named Catriona (Cat). It's a very different take on the vampire theme that may repel traditional readers of vampire books but it's certainly attracted readers who just don't read vampire stuff. The book is almost complete and half is up on Wattpad now, the other half will go up over the next week or so.
The final important change concerns this blog, which I want to utilise for showcasing other authors. These author interviews will hopefully be a regular feature and take the form of a Q & A format. If you'd like to be interviewed please email me on alastair.rosie@gmail.com with links to your works and webpage and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Well that's about it for today. Have a pleasant and relaxing Christmas and I wish you all the very best for New Year.
Cheers,
Alastair
The Deepening Dark on Amazon.
Cat's Story on Wattpad.
It's been a productive week for me. I've been branching out and putting out feelers and making a few changes. One of the most dramatic changes was uploading The Deepening Dark to Amazon, (KDP). It took a bit to take the plunge as I'd been put off by the KDP Select program, which would have forced me off Smashwords and every other retailer for 90 days. I do like Amazon, I buy quite a lot of books from them but I won't allow my work to be limited to just one retailer.
That being said KDP Select is an option for those who have a few books in their back catalogue and can afford to lock one into the program to help promote other books.
The Amazon link is at the bottom of the page by the way.
The actual formatting is supposed to be the most difficult part but I've done my fair share of DTP back in my PageMaker/Quark XPress days and understand the process so that part was actually ridiculously easy.
Another change I made was posting half of my next novel up on Wattpad. The book has the working title Cat's Story and while I love the book I'm ambivalent about the title, it sounds too bland for me. Cat's story is told from the viewpoint of Samantha Sullivan, a young American expatriate living in Scotland and her stepmother, a 700 year old vampire named Catriona (Cat). It's a very different take on the vampire theme that may repel traditional readers of vampire books but it's certainly attracted readers who just don't read vampire stuff. The book is almost complete and half is up on Wattpad now, the other half will go up over the next week or so.
The final important change concerns this blog, which I want to utilise for showcasing other authors. These author interviews will hopefully be a regular feature and take the form of a Q & A format. If you'd like to be interviewed please email me on alastair.rosie@gmail.com with links to your works and webpage and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.
Well that's about it for today. Have a pleasant and relaxing Christmas and I wish you all the very best for New Year.
Cheers,
Alastair
The Deepening Dark on Amazon.
Cat's Story on Wattpad.
