writing projects
It was so enjoyable to get 'Five Very British Horror Stories' up and published that I thought I'd pop another collection of short-stories up pretty quickly. I've got plenty of them to publish, so it's just a matter of being able to group them together, choose a running order, do a final draft, have someone proof-read, double check formatting, design a cover, come up with a blurb... oh.
Turns out that if you're serious about giving the reader a decent experience then there are no short-cuts to publishing. It takes time and effort to make everything the best that it can be, and really if you're not going to do that then why bother?
I hope to have a collection of another five short stories up next week. I've been surprised at sales of my horror story collection because it seems to have fanned out very quickly beyond my circle of friends. People I don't know are buying my book! For a newbie like me, this is quite thrilling! I have lower expectations of this collection however because it doesn't fit into any recognisable genre. I shall just be happy to have it out of my computer and on my shelf.
Also on the agenda is the publishing of my first full-length book of fiction. I say it's my "first" book, the books I have written (and lost) must be in double figures by now, but this is the first book that I think is actually worth publishing and reading. I wrote it two years ago for NaNoWriMo (don't groan!) and every time I come back to it, I still really like it. I wrote it a year after my adopted children had come to live with me and my husband and it is full of images, emotions and themes from from that time. I am currently sourcing a professional proof-reader for it and hope to publish in the New Year.
After that there is another full-length book I have started on that is entirely different from anything I have ever tackled before. I hope to publish that in 2014 too.
Becoming an Indie author obviously requires a lot of time and patience, and a thick-skin for the reviews and feedback, but it feels like I have been waiting all my life to be able to do something like this. It's fun so far!
Turns out that if you're serious about giving the reader a decent experience then there are no short-cuts to publishing. It takes time and effort to make everything the best that it can be, and really if you're not going to do that then why bother?
I hope to have a collection of another five short stories up next week. I've been surprised at sales of my horror story collection because it seems to have fanned out very quickly beyond my circle of friends. People I don't know are buying my book! For a newbie like me, this is quite thrilling! I have lower expectations of this collection however because it doesn't fit into any recognisable genre. I shall just be happy to have it out of my computer and on my shelf.
Also on the agenda is the publishing of my first full-length book of fiction. I say it's my "first" book, the books I have written (and lost) must be in double figures by now, but this is the first book that I think is actually worth publishing and reading. I wrote it two years ago for NaNoWriMo (don't groan!) and every time I come back to it, I still really like it. I wrote it a year after my adopted children had come to live with me and my husband and it is full of images, emotions and themes from from that time. I am currently sourcing a professional proof-reader for it and hope to publish in the New Year.
After that there is another full-length book I have started on that is entirely different from anything I have ever tackled before. I hope to publish that in 2014 too.
Becoming an Indie author obviously requires a lot of time and patience, and a thick-skin for the reviews and feedback, but it feels like I have been waiting all my life to be able to do something like this. It's fun so far!
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