Glasdrum: one town, five women, dark events… Do you want to try a new Highland author for FREE (15-19 June 2017 only)? I’m running a free promotion for my thriller set in a fictional west-coast Highland town. It has received 31 top reviews since it was published in April 2017 and I’m hoping to expand its…
I had my doubts about doing an ebook giveaway. Do people value something that’s free? Even if they downloaded it, would they get around to reading it? There are some free or very cheap books out there that are amateurish… books that have never been within ten paces of an editor or proof-reader. Would people…
DAUGHTER, DISAPPEARED has a fabulous new cover! My designer, Mark Thomas, (https://reedsy.com/mark-thomas) has re-done it to more closely brand it with GLASDRUM. As a debut self-published author I was pleasantly surprised by the success of the Daughter, Disappeared, the sales of which have been mostly generated via facebook – and I would credit this to…
I was excited and hopeful to be one of six authors picked to pitch my second novel to a panel of literary agents at the London Book Fair. It started badly. My flight was delayed by three hours (initially due to fog, then a medical emergency that required an ill passenger and his luggage to…
Novelist Fiona MacBain shares how “write what you know” can help authors sell their book by presenting them with a ready-made target market. Source: How “Write What You Know” Helps You Find a Target Market
There are heaps of articles about the pain of literary agent rejection. I identify with many of them: been there, done that. The first traumatic part of the process is the time-consuming business of identifying appropriate agents and preparing the specific submission they want. Agent One wants a 567 word synopsis (single spaced, Ariel 10 point),…
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