I tried to write Book 3 as one document, simply because combining the chapters for the other two books had seemed huge tasks at the time (it really hadn’t been, maybe it had been the last straw at the end of a long process). But around about the 20k word mark of Book 3, the…
Yesterday I gave a talk about my books. In a major book store (Waterstones). As part of a book festival (Ness Book Fest). And people came to listen! It was awesome (from my point of view anyway – I can’t speak for the audience). I was nervous as had been given an hour slot and…
I wrote about my self-publishing journey for the Reedsy blog: https://reedsy.com/stories/debut-authors/fiona-macbain
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
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