It’s getting difficult to name these weekly update posts. Perhaps I should just start calling them all “Weekly Update” with a date! Anyway … another week has gone by. Book one: progress has been made towards publishing. I now have a cover, and I’m in the final process of sorting …
Once upon a time, the only option to publish a novel was what we now refer to as ‘traditional publishing’. You write your novel, and you take it to a publisher. They give you a nice fat advance, publish your book for you, and then the royalties roll in. Right? …
This week, I’ve had one of those weeks where I seem to have been super busy but got nothing done. Publishing book one is moving forward. Having attempted to design a cover with my husband, we’ve decided we’re not up to the job, and I have ordered one instead. We …
The days are counting down to the release of “From the Stories of Old,” a new anthology of fresh fairytale retellings, introducing the world to the talents of a group of budding new authors on 7th December. One of those authors, Corinne Morier, has kindly stopped by to tell us …
Today I’m guest posting over at betabooks.co. Andrew Burleson, who runs beta books, kindly asked me to go over and chat about beta reading and critique exchanges for novel writers. To check out my interview, click here. Beta Books is a new website for beta reading that allow writers to …
This week I’ve been working on the next steps needed to bring Book One closer to publication. I had decided that if I could include a map it would be a good idea. But my own art skills are decidedly lacking. So I played around with the online map software …
This week I’ve been putting the finishing touches to the basic formatting on Book One. My front and back matter is now drafted. And I’ve had a skim through to check it looks reasonable on the screen. It was a good thing I did because I spotted that I had …