Thought for the day

Thought for the day; it's damned hard to sell books. Yesterday Hobart Books star writer, Judy Upton, had a spot at Shoreham Wordfest to talk about her books and sign copies. The problem? Judy turned up but the books did not. No one in the supply chain wants to take responsibility of course. This is a setback and embarrassing too.

My second book, 'Innocent Accomplice' was set for great things... in my mind but I faced the same problem as before; no one would take it on. I'm not going to waste time blaming the publishers for being short-sighted. They were right. The book wasn't good enough and no one had the inclination to suggest how I might improve it.

Mt response to this latest setback was to write another book; 'On the Side of the Enemy'. This was the one. I was sure of it.

In the meantime, Colin Bateman's debut novel, Divorcing Jack' was doing a roaring trade. We had attended the same school but there the similarity ended. He was a burgeoning writing star and I was working for the Civil Service.

These were my wilderness years...