Success!
I would really like to be announcing with that title that I had achieved some sort of success towards my goal of getting published but alas so far that has not been the case. However – Yeah! Have just...
View ArticlePublished at last!
As promised I have stopped procrastinating and have published my book. It has been uploaded onto several sites so there should be a format to suit all and it can be downloaded to read on many different...
View ArticleSocial Media
So…my cherished novel, A Single Step, is now available on various sites, its sales are pleasing me and today my first (5*) review was posted by someone I don’t know! My mystery reviewer has no idea how...
View ArticleFree ebook
First month as a published author complete, sales ticking along with a 5* review in as a bonus, getting my head around social media (just about) so feeling pretty good! Wondering what the next month...
View ArticleAuthor Platform
Helen Hart of SilverWood Books recently sent out a tweet pointing to what I found to be an extremely interesting, though equally daunting, post by Jane Friedman giving an Author Platform Definition –...
View ArticleReviews
Reviews are a tricky area, aren’t they? Or is it just me? Nowadays it seems we’re asked for reviews on everything, every single time we buy any little thing and in many instances it feels inappropriate...
View ArticleWriters Group
There is a quote by Eleanor Roosevelt at the beginning of my second novel, Before the Dawn, which goes:- ‘We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to...
View ArticleWriters Group II
Last time I blogged it was on my rather worrying upcoming visit to my local Writers Group and the possibility of my “coming out” (you will have to read the previous blog to understand that!) and this...
View ArticleThings I’ve learnt in the first three months of being an Indie Author
So it’s been a while, I realise that but I’m trying to edit my second novel, Before the Dawn, and in amongst my other life it’s all a bit tight at the moment. Anyway in this post I wanted to have a...
View ArticleCambridge Literary Festival
This was a first for me, I’d never been to a literary festival before so decided to attend this year to see what it was all about and bought a ticket for a Masterclass: The Modern Publishing Landscape...
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