Insights | Alison Morton Author

Post launch questions

The INCEPTIO launches in the UK and France were terrific, the French one small, intimate, the UK one a grand affair at Waterstones Tunbridge Wells – I loved both. I basked in the enthusiasm, well-wishing and sheer fun for days. People bought the book at the events and afterwards in shedloads and then the reviews […]

Pre-launch nerves?

INCEPTIO launches at Tunbridge Wells Waterstones tomorrow at 7pm. If you’ve been watching this blog, you probably know this. 😉 Am I excited? Nervous? Confident?

My honest answer is that I haven’t had time to think about it. All I can focus on right now are the things still to do: pack my notes, get […]

Know thyself

At the moment, I’m completing notes about my book, my writing journey, the world of Roma Nova and myself in the PR work prior to book launch. Some of the questions and topics are straightforward – I could bore for Europe on Roma Nova – but some are quite complex, even personal.

It’s a long […]

The place where I work

I hope you didn’t expect a tidy and sleek office?

My office is a place full of paper, books, notes, pens, files, cup of coffee, lights, noticeboard, etc. Our super-tough birchwood work stations came over to France with us, plus the IKEA office cupboards which used to adorn […]

New year, new blog title!

What?

When I first started this blog on World Book Day not quite three years ago (4 March 2010) I had just signed my indentures as a mad newbie writer, so the title Write a Novel? I must be mad! was an appropriate one. While I will never give up learning – no human being, […]