You stare at the stodgy sentences. You can’t think what words to write next. You are starting to bore yourself. Your characters are boring each other. Nobody will want to read this drivel.
And so it goes round and round in your head.
You’ve written ten novels or none. You’ve won prizes or you’re just […]
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Some authors don’t like second-hand book stalls, whether run as a businesses or for a charity fête. In fact, they hate them. The author gets no royalty nor secondary right nor anything. The books are toted around, exchanged or traded like a lump of former tree for a pound/euro/dollar or two – virtually free. I […]
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2012 PR shot
It’s ten years since I started thrusting books on the world and I’d like to I share some expurgated diary extracts and experiences with you.
But first, a word of motivation… You know how they say it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert at something? If you take a […]
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Eyedrops – my life for the next six weeks
I woke up yesterday morning and could see.
No, not a divine miracle, but a result of expert surgery and it’s only one eye so far. The other one will be sorted out in a fortnight’s time. (Update 10 October: Second eye done and […]
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If I had a euro/dollar/pound for every time a review for one of my books has begun with ‘I don’t normally read this type of book, but…’ or ‘I only read this because a friend said I must read it…‘ and ended with a 5-star super-enthusiastic review, I’d be able to drink champagne every day.
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