publishing
The creation of the Kindle Edition of “The Only Genuine Jones”
The Kindle Edition — fresh from the press Things are starting to happen! Recently I have been sending out an advance reading copy of my book to various people, but that was only a rough mock-up in terms of formatting, straight out of Microsoft Word (and hence a very quick and
Blurb and pitching woes
Work on The Only Genuine Jones is progressing very well. Today I made another read-through of the manuscript–very much a loose-ends edit–and picked up a couple of errors that have filtered down through the years of drafting, rewriting, and editing. Apart from these very minor points I can
Editing, writing, and writing about editing and writing
OK perhaps not truly “END” just yet, but it is the end of the beginning. I’ve had a very busy and productive week working on both of my current projects. To break up my series of character profiles a little (which I’m pleased to see many readers are
It’s time to write a blurb
I’ve been working very hard this week and I’m that bit closer to publication. The next stage in the journey is to come up with a usable blurb: something short and punchy I can use as both a description and a selling tool. My initial attempts, which largely
I have a cover design!
Ta-da! Thanks to the swift and very talented work of John Amy, I have a cover design I’m happy with! Creating a cover for The Only Genuine Jones wasn’t an easy order. The design has to convey genre and tone instantly, even at thumbnail size. It has to
And once again I face the red pen of doom (aka. the mss has been sent for editing)
A terrifying sight Part of this blog’s new mission is to document the process of turning my manuscript into an ebook. Today I completed a very important step: submission for professional editing! Back in March I blogged a piece of very good news, namely that a literary agent had
I am making progress
Since making the decision to ‘go indie’ last week I have been firing on all cylinders. Progress made so far: 1. Most obviously, this website is now in a far more presentable condition and ready to host whatever content I need to showcase. 2. I’ve been putting effort into
The first step
My mission to publish my novel as an eBook has started with a simple step–read as much as I can on the subject! To that end I have started to read “Let’s Get Digital” by David Gaughran. So far I’m part of the way through the section
One decade later …
The 1st of July, 2002, is the earliest electronic record of my writing activities. I had been writing for years before that date on a casual basis, inspired by fantasy artwork and role-playing games to create a fantasy world of my imagination, but that was the point when I finally