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After a full day of finessing, the sort of day I used to think of as a normal 9-5 day, I’ve finally got a cover template and a nicely assimilated paperback version of the seventh draft of Biome NE47: A Novel up and ready to publish on the Amazon platform. I think, however, that I’ll… Continue reading The paperback is ready

It feels like a day to remember: when the first independent review for any of the Biome NE47 series went up on Amazon. Naturally, I hope there will be more to come, but it’s such a simple thing, a small fillip of joy for a writer to experience. Somebody has read the ‘words wot I… Continue reading The first review . . .

Increment by increment, inch by inch, the odyssey moves along. Today I’ve sent the main event, Biome NE47: A Novel, along to Amazon for pre-publishing. It’s live now for pre-orders, which gives me about two weeks to facilitate any final last-minute editing changes before it’s actually published. I’ve made so many changes to the original… Continue reading The journey continues . . .

I’m so delighted to be accepted in a new promotion out of BookFunnel, which is called ‘The End is Here.‘ This promotion is for post-apocalyptic books on Kindle, and it goes live out to the mailing lists of participating authors on the 14th of June through and into July. I will share the promotion to… Continue reading Hope in post-apocalyptic times

What does this cover say? I’ve always felt, while writing the first two novels of this Biome NE47 series, that I was attempting to create a science fiction scenario with frank literary aspirations. That is, the characters in my books are dealing with a post-apocalyptic scenario within normal human parameters, as exemplified by their behaviour,… Continue reading Finding the right genre

According to JerichoWriters.com and the kind advice proffered there as to the best way to market and promote one’s novelistic efforts, I’m doing everything right. But I sense that I’m stuck, rather. It’s been quite a delight to receive 10 copies of Prequel from Amazon press, all nicely printed and presented, as a final package… Continue reading Languishing without comments . . .

The paperback cover Finally, after a few hours of finessing and finessing again, the Amazon robots have accepted the cover and manuscript for Prequel, and final approval for sale is in the hands of a manual reviewer. The cost of printing is rather different to the cost I’ve accrued from two different printers, as I… Continue reading Publishing the paperback

Combing through the manuscript of Prequel, searching for les mots justes in place of the ones err, less justes, has been an exciting experience, all in all. With many of the admonitions to new writers ringing in my ears as I peruse the text in earnest, trying to fillet out the clangers, the stylistic headbangers,… Continue reading A final day of finessing

Although it’s all apparent calm around this blog and on the Amazon sales platform, in fact there are new uploads of content happening regularly, as critiques, criticism, editing and typographical corrections come in. Just today I’ve uploaded another 1500 words and two scenes suggested by a keen reader, whose comments have been so helpful in… Continue reading Launch of Prequel approaches

After looking at this option for a couple of weeks, I thought it might be another useful merchandising gambit after all. Some folks don’t like eBooks, and why should they be denied the pleasures of Biome NE47? Besides, with my new Quark software, it looked like lots of fun to create a new proper cover.… Continue reading The Amazon paperback option . . .