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Fiction and Social Media
Fiction and Social Media … A subject that scares and intrigues me, so I was only too happy to participate in MA student Jo Furniss’s research for her thesis. In classic form and content presentation,...
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The Sands Are Shifting
A week is a long time in politics. Not to mention publishing. Saturday saw the launch of four Triskele Books releases at Foyles, London’s award-winning independent bookshop. This photograph shows us...
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Dear Mr Green
I call on all readers to strike down the insidious lie that an independently published book is the creation of an individual soul labouring in isolation. And probably delusion. That belief threatens...
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Ten Facts …
Today, I’m revealing rather more than usual over at Frances di Plino’s Crime and Thriller Reviews. http://bit.ly/19uxZqL Filed under: books, In conversation, interviews, writers, writing
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A great week for indies!
So much happening out there, one can hardly keep up. Fear not, here’s your correspondent reporting from the front. Firstly, the gradually evaporating myth of a trad v. indie publishing war. Here’s an...
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From the Horse’s Mouth – POD news
As regulars to the blog know, I independently published my crime series via Triskele Books, an author collective. I wanted creative control and the best possible quality. I also wanted ebooks AND...
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I Know What You Should Read This Summer
A round up of various literary delights that have made the sun shine for me. The Chase, by Lorna Fergusson The history of a house and the uncertain future of marriage are portrayed in this skilfully...
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Thank You to You
Today, I’m just saying thanks to all of you who follow this blog. And giving you something back. I’ve just published a collection of short stories – a quirky little assortment of darkness and light,...
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Sounds, seals and shivers
Undercover Soundtrack The relationship between music and fiction fascinates me. Always has. It’s one the reasons I am such a fan of David Mitchell, as music plays a significant role in his work. I...
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The English Garden
Take ten minutes. Pour yourself a glass of something, kick back and relax. And let me tell you a story … The English Garden is part of the short story collection Appearances Greeting a Point of View....
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The Interviews
Where can you find China Miéville, Sarah Waters, Joseph O’Connor, Jane Goldman, Paulo Coelho, David Mitchell, Helen Fitzgerald and Dan Holloway all on one page? Here. There’s a new page on this blog,...
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Self-publishing services – an experience
Interview with Edward Marnier, author of Brief Encounters Edward Marnier Born March 1949, Fordingbridge England. Brought up New Forest and West of Ireland. Educated state and private schools. First...
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LitFest, Boxset, Kidlit and *!#/*
Chorleywood LitFest takes place over two weeks in November. “The greatest little litfest you’d never heard of – until now” Featuring Sir Ranulph Fiennes, Bill Bryson, Terry Wogan, David Suchet,...
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Good Writing
I’m a member of indie writers’ collective Triskele Books. We first encountered one another on a peer review site. What were we doing there? Trying to improve our writing. We’ve each taken varying steps...
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Interview with Libby O
Libby O is the author of Charlotte Aimes, The Great Alpine Adventure, released yesterday. Here, she talks about YA fiction, making use of multimedia and why she went indie. Who is Charlotte Aimes and...
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The Triskele Trail
Once upon a time, there were five writers. They believed there was a third way of publishing, somewhere over the rainbow. So they packed their books and set off to explore. This is what happened on the...
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Good things come in threes …
The Boxset Firstly, three Beatrices in one! Triple trouble. For the month of December, you can get all three Beatrice adventures in one gorgeous package ata bargain price. From Zurich to Vitoria via a...
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St Nicholas and I …
Tomorrow, it is St Nicholas Day, who was the patron saint of children, sailors, philatelists, and the city of Amsterdam, among others. St Nicholas or Sinterklaas or Samichlaus morphed into the...
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A Festive Message
With apologies to Judy Garland… Filed under: audio track, books, spoofs, writers
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A Baker’s Dozen –13 of 13
At this time of year, statistics abound. Many of those relating to the publishing industry have been queried and debated, but one thing is certain – the number of self-published (or indie) books is...
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