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Like Buses … or blogposts
This is an appalling, deadly sinful and frankly wicked post. It’s unashamed self-promotion It’s been ages since the last one but another is just around the corner (but it will be informative, rich in...
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TIPE
Saturday morning, six am, minus 9°, pitch dark and I’m picking up pug-poop by torchlight. Why? TIPE, that’s why. The Independent Publishing Event took place in Zürich this Saturday, hosted by Nuance...
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Especially for you
And if that title kicks off the Kylie and Jason earworm, I have no sympathy. (While shopping for dog food yesterday, the supermarket played ‘Love in the First Degree’ by Bananarama. My lip curled, my...
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Whisky, beer, pizza and potatoes
One of the perks of talking to writers, publishers and agents is getting great recommendations. Joe Abercrombie would take Ballantine’s 17 to a desert island, Malcolm Pryce hails Singha as the King of...
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I’m rising on V-Day
I’m rising. I’m dancing. Tomorrow is #VDay. And rather than spending the evening buying into some artificially induced romance (cards, flowers, candlelit French bistro and...
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Pandora’s Blogs
Exciting times shimmer on the horizon like a water-park of wonders after three weeks in the desert on a bad-tempered camel. I’ve been exploring – hunting and gathering information on books, writers,...
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In Conversation – On Fantasy
Fantasy? Don’t like it. Not my kind of thing. Then I started reading some. And it turns out I do like fantasy after all. So I invited two authors whose work changed my mind to discuss the genre’s...
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The Toolbox
All of us at Triskele understand how much we owe other writers. To those influential, experimental, classic, independent, brave, imaginative and pioneering writers who shaped our imaginations and broke...
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Easter Eggs!
Ten Bookmarks for Indie Authors I don’t like chocolate. There, I’ve said it. So rather than some guilt-inducing transient pleasure which will probably make you nauseous anyway, my gift to you is a...
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Giveaway – signed copy of Raw Material
Goodreads Book Giveaway Raw Material by J.J. Marsh Giveaway ends April 05, 2013. See the giveaway details at Goodreads. Enter to win Filed under: books, books news, news
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Self-Publishing is a misnomer
The phenomenon of self-publishing – or my preferred term, independent publishing – is no longer a minor irritation that will go away if you ignore it for long enough. A major new force on the literary...
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A Single Version of Truth
Metadata. Scares me a bit. So when I spotted a chance to learn, I dived right in. I’ve just attended a webinar hosted by the Bookseller, in association with BIC (Book Industry Communication), sponsored...
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Authors and ISBNs in Switzerland
As Swiss ALLi rep, I’ve had a lot of enquiries about the ISBN – International Standard Book Number. Here are some answers. This is the information I shared at TIPE (The Independent Publishing Event),...
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Granta’s Best Young Novelists #1
Last August, I interviewed … Naomi Alderman Today, Naomi was nominated as one of ten Best Young British Novelists, by Granta Magazine. Congratulations! Naomi Alderman grew up in London and attended...
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Granta’s Best Young Novelists #2
Taiye Selasi Taiye Selasi made her fiction debut with her short story ‘The Sex Lives of African Girls’. The Times called it a ‘standout piece of fiction’; Time Out wrote that the ‘prose glitters with...
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Not the Granta #1 – Dan Holloway
As a performance poet you delight in words, rhythm, sound and the visual pictures words can make on a page so why a novel in numbers? Interesting, I hadn’t thought about that as a contrast – I think...
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Granta’s Best Young Novelists #3
Ned Beauman Ned Beauman appeared at Kaufleuten yesterday to read from and answer questions about his second novel, The Teleportation Accident. Or, the wonderful German title, Egon Loesers erstaunlicher...
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The New Triskele Releases!
Right, I promise to shut up for a bit after this. But I have to share the beautiful, evocative covers for Triskele Books summer releases. Launch date – June 1st. *Happy sigh* Jane Dixon-Smith is an...
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Creative Collaboration – Interview with an Artist
I took the decision quite early in the publishing process to have different covers for my ebooks and paperbacks. And for the latter, I needed a fine artist. My inestimable designer, Jane Dixon-Smith,...
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Help! I Need Somebody …
This week has been an education. I’ve learnt a lot about teamwork, reliability, content and support. Mostly from writers. Writers are pretty good at coming to the rescue when you’re in a fix. No matter...
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