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Work in progress
I wrote my novel ‘The Stalking of Rosa Czekov’ several years ago and as with my other books tried in a variety of ways to get it published. I bought ‘The Writers’ and Artists’ Year Book,’ and other...
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Exciting times… part 2, down in Taunton with the BBC!
As a self-published author, I have to generate my own publicity. At first I thought that might be easier said than done, but as a writer I have to be imaginative and creative so I have applied those...
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DIY publishing… the hard part
After years and years of getting nowhere with my novels, trying all sorts of different routes to publication, I decided to do it myself. I had sent manuscripts to publishers and agents, I’d had some...
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Shaking off the doubts…
I have had very encouraging comments and support from readers of my first published book, ‘Farholm’ and full of enthusiasm and excitement I began to edit my next novel for publication… and suddenly I...
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Visited a publisher today…
I have three stories I wrote for reluctant readers… I used them for years when I was teaching. They are only quite short and intended to trigger an interest in reading rather than support poor readers....
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Lost manuscript… oh heck!
I have been writing for as long as I can remember, and before that making up stories… not telling fibs but creating scenes and dialogues and characters… I wonder what my earliest stories were? Many...
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Editing… will it change the way I write?
I’ve always written stories and before I could write I told stories, even just to myself. Over the last twenty or so years I wrote a number of full-length adult novels and tried everything I could to...
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That funny stage…
I’ve got to that funny stage with my novel Radwinter. It is finished, I have edited it and checked it and read it out loud to myself and now I’m in something like limbo while I ponder on my next move....
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Publishing…
I wrote a little while ago that having finished writing ‘Radwinter’ and without being immodest thinking it is the best thing I’ve written, I was wondering whether to go down the tortuous rooute of...
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Homeward straight
How is it than however far away a deadline is set, as it approaches there seems more to do not less? When I decided to publish my next novel, The Double Act on Friday 31st July, I seemed to have plenty...
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Getting it out there
I published my most recent novel, The Double Act, as an e-book two days ago on Friday 31st July. I self-published it on Amazon through KDP (KIndle Direct Publishing) and I am so grateful to the people...
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Dilemma nearly solved… nearly…
I mentioned the other day that I had a writing dilemma – a sort of self-inflicted dilemma; I’m editing a very long novel I wrote and ‘finished’ several years ago, and to keep my creative side going I’m...
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Six days to go…
Next Monday, 12th September, my next novel, Lucky Portbraddon will be leaving the nest and flying onto virtual bookshelves! It has had a very long time in the nest – over ten years, four of which it...
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Uploading…
It’s been a tough and almost traumatic weekend here in my little writing room… As I have mentioned previously, my latest e-book, has had a long and quite challenging history. 2004-2005 – ideas I’ve had...
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Me interviewing me
On my other blog which I share with two writing chums, we are continually trying to reach out to other writers and engage with them, and would love to share their work on our site – all properly linked...
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What a journey to Radwinter!
It’s a week since I announced the publication of my first paperback!! I am still very excited, and I would like to thank everyone for their kind and positive comments about ‘Radwinter’, and thank you...
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Getting books out there
I’ve written a lot about the difficulties I had over the years of getting my books taken up by agents and publishers; I’ve written dozens and dozens of letters, sent sample chapters off – and doing...
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I read a lot of books, articles and blogs about writing, about all aspects of writing – how others do it, how others plan and research it, how others try to get their words published/promoted/read by...
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