My debut novel, ‘In A Right State‘, has been available on Amazon for about 6 months now and what no-one really tells you is that during this first 6 months you spend 99% of your time trying to get reviews. At least, for an unknown, self-published, debut author, that’s what you should be spending your time doing
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Self-Publishing: ‘In A Right State’ 6 Month Review
My debut novel, ‘In A Right State’, has now been live on Amazon for 6 months since launching on 7th July 2014, so how has it performed? Back in February last year I try to define different levels of success in a blog post, ‘Self-Publishing: My goal & defining success‘. According to those goals, I’m just
‘In A Right State’ Paperback Launched!
Two bits of great news this week. The paperback of ‘In A Right State’ is now available for purchase from CompletelyNovel. Just got a proof copy yesterday and it looks great, really good quality, especially the cover. The paperback will be going onto Amazon and other online retailers soon, but you can buy it from
Self-Publishing: eBook Extra’s
The editor has returned a copy-edited manuscript and the cover is well on the way to being designed, so D-Day is fast approaching. This has got me thinking about the nuts and bolts of the ebook itself. First I need to put the ebook together as an HTML document, then think about getting it uploaded
RIP ‘Railroaded’. Long live ‘In A Right State’!
One of the first comments I got back from my editor on her critique of ‘Railroaded’ was; the title needs changing. She put it better than that. For a near-future sci-fi novel with no trains, railways, railroad companies or the like, it sounds a bit antiquated…and confusing. I chose ‘Railroaded’ because it’s about how everyone
Self-Publishing: My goal & defining success
I’m in the middle of editing my first novel after getting feedback from my hired editor, and in a quest for some major procrastination, I’ve decided to take a pit-stop and write this post. The project is to self-publish my first novel. The goal is to self-publish it with some degree of professionalism, not just
Self-Publishing: Finding an Editor
The first step in getting my first novel self-published was to find an editor to knock it into shape and make it half-readable and, hopefully, sellable. But how? I’ve never done this sort of thing. I searched the internet and got a kinda confused mess of all sorts, eventually narrowing it down to 3 really good
Self-Publishing: Researching a To Do List
The 1st draft of Blindsided is now finished and I need a break from it before going back in and tackling the 2nd draft, but I’m not going to sit around and download mountains of specialist porn, I’m going to enter the big bad world of self-publishing. My first novel, ‘Railroaded‘, has been submitted to