In days not so long past – well, only a few years ago – being an indie author meant getting your books printed and shipped and then flogging them as best you could at local bookstores, coffee shops, tearooms, markets, writer groups or even Tupperware parties. It was hard going, but you got out to…
Eyes That Could Kill When being abducted once is just not enough. Langley Garret’s Sunday morning started very badly, after waking with a hangover and a depressed feeling of worthlessness, along with a foreboding sensation in his gut. With his wife working away yet again, and the realisation that their marriage was probably very close…
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So what’s really so new? As a kid, I was in awe of Dick Tracy’s watch phone. It was something so futuristic and wondrous, so, well, high-tech – even though the word didn’t exist back then. It was probably before the only high I can remember, which was high fidelity stereo. I loved reading comics…
What is self-publishing exactly? Whenever I read anything about self-publishing, I always get the feeling that it’s is being compared to traditional publishing. You know how it goes. Self-publishing’s standards are low, the quality of the stories are poor, every self-publisher should use an editor and have their covers produced professionally. A lot of advice,…
I am just a writer It’s clearly becoming a new trend for a writer to diversify and supplement their modest incomes with a few tempting literary side line appendages. Unfortunately for me however, I just don’t believe I have the necessary qualifications to append these new ‘métiers‘ to my tired old title of just a writer. While I…
The Self-Published Author and ‘Banjo’ While reading the following poem, which has always been a favourite of mine, I couldn’t help but think of the similarity with the current debate and divide over self-published books compared with traditionally published titles. It has become a bit city and the bush – New York and London against…
