New book – launch plan, well almost.

If you follow my blog you might be aware that I have a new book coming out soon ‘Bleak’, a story of a manipulent (shapeshifter).  My son has promised me the cover design soon and […]

New book launch – learning from past mistakes

Last week I wrote of my rather haphazard view of book launching for my first two novels: ‘The tale of a new writer – Planning (or not) for a book launch’.  I have to admit […]

A new writer – Planning (or not) for a book launch

When I started my first novel it was with the intention of seeing if I could do it, could I actually write a book.  I’d talked about it, I had the story and due to […]

Writers and the dilemma of social media

Last week’s blog ‘The responsibilities of the self-published author‘ seems to have resonated with many people.  One of the things I touched on briefly was social media if only in that you still see people on […]

The responsibilities of a self-publishing author

In the last few years self-publishing has gone from being thought of as only something for the unpublishable (and by definition second class) to being a real choice for new authors.  It is so easy […]