Another book

If you’d told me a year ago I’d be publishing a book on self publishing I’d have given you a very odd look.

Why would a woman with very average computer skills, who spends the majority of her daylight hours staring at her machine but not necessarily with much love, affection and above all UNDERSTANDING want to enter the nerd world?

Like others of my generation I was invented before computers so when they entered my life I improvised my way around them, struggling and swearing as I went and no doubt developing appalling habits, with absolutely no instruction at all, not from school or college, or books, or even from some bright young colleague in an office.

So it took me a good deal of time to convince myself that I could convert a manuscript into both a professional-looking ebook and a half-decently attractive paperback, all on my own. It took me much longer than it needed to, partly because I am not good at following written instructions (page two of the washing machine instructions and I’m losing the will to live) but partly because out of all the dozens of books and blogs I read I couldn’t find one that spelled out the process clearly, simply, comprehensively, in as few words as possible and – most importantly – that worked.

So I’ve spent the past few months cobbling together what I hope is a clear, comprehensive and SHORT instruction book that guides the non techie writer through the maze of ebook conversion and print production. It’s written as a companion guide to the workshops I have planned for later this year in association with The Literary Consultancy. (For details of the workshops please click here.)

It’s available on Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com. Joyous reading (and converting)!

(Next year, quantum theory.)