This Wednesday, I was invited by my old student friend Ramya to give a lecture over Zoom to the Writers’ Group of the North Harrow Community Library. I talked in detail about the self-publishing approach to getting in print, and my current experience of it. We also covered the differing pros and cons of various […]
So, ‘weekly’ blogging my arse. Apologies for just how late this post turned out to be, folks. A close family member went to hospital to have a routine operation – something that, these days, is even more of a logistical nightmare than usual – and after a few days of complications, setbacks and jaw-droppingly alarming […]
Here I am, another week on, not a single AZ-related blood clot in sight. All is well. I’m no expert on the various paths to publication (of which, it’s worth noting, there are more than two), but given I’m hoping to talk a little more about my own publishing journey over the coming weeks and […]
So… Anyone following the hit count on here as zealously as I am (in short… no-one) may have noticed that, as of this morning, the website hit quite a significant milestone. Significant for me, anyway. 500 hits in less than 3 weeks! I’m blown away, utterly, by the support so far from both friends and […]
The title says it all, really. Two weeks in, and it’s safe to say I can’t really avoid the subject any more. In my last two posts, I’ve alluded to a few vague facts about the novel, none of which give you any real feel or ‘hook’ into the story. If I’m going to keep […]
I know, I know, it hasn’t been 7 full days yet. Sue me. I spend quite a bit of time on AuthorTube – the collective name for authors and novelists who have YouTube channels dedicated to their work, and to writing in general. It’s a brilliant place both for inspiration (seeing how people in the […]
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