Recently, I became a published author but, like so many before me, it took many wrong turns to get there. There are so many different facets of publishing a novel. Writing the dang thing is just the start! Longtime followers will already know that I really struggled with the revision process. What they may not …
I just published my first book: here’s everything I did wrong Read More »
Hiring a professional editor was perhaps the most important step in My Little Publishing Adventure. Bringing someone else aboard the adventure train forced me to start taking the whole thing seriously. Hiring Peter Dunne is what made me actually finish my debut novel. Meet my editor I first met Peter when he was the editor …
It breaks my heart to say this but my schedule has gone so far awry that I don’t think I have time to get feedback from beta readers. Underestimating revisions and overestimating myself I have earned myself a bit of a reputation as a chronic underestimator of the amount of time a task will take …
I’m still deep in revisions and I’ve just discovered that my ending falls a bit flat. Where is my time going? I wish I could tell you that I’ve made significant progress since my last blog about revisions, I really do. The truth is I’m finding it much more difficult than I expected, both emotionally …
The road to authorhood is one paved with admin. Mostly, it’s a lot of sending emails and coordinating schedules, but every so often there are some fun tasks sprinkled in among the mundane. I told myself I would make the very most out of all of these glimmers of glamour, but so far I’ve done …
Author photos, press releases and media appearances, oh my! Read More »
When Bernard Malamud said “revisions are one of the exquisite pleasures of writing“, he was having a very different experience to mine. A plan goes awry It’s been a million years since I posted the first blog in this series and that just goes to show what a whirlwind this whole experience has been. By …
Welcome to the next chapter of the big adventure that is my life. This one, I’m happy to report, is all about writing and publishing. My last chapter, however, is one I’m glad to put to rest. I call that chapter Full-Time Depressed Person. Thankfully, a sub-section called My Quest For Joy helped me navigate …