No, not me, although that may be the case sometimes. ‘Here’s some more books from our neighbour,’ said Partner as he dumped the pile on the kitchen table. ‘Where does he get them all from? The top one’s meant to be good. It’s about Gibraltar.’ He disappeared back out of the door. I decided to […]Read Post ›
In betwixt a heavy bout of editing, I have read a few books. While I normally review books by indie authors, or new unknown ones, I thought I’d look at some number one bestsellers. Because, if they aren’t indie published, they all seem to be number one bestsellers. All books courtesy of my neighbour who […]Read Post ›
Madrid, Pamplona, Côté d’Azur, Paris. Assassination of a Prime Minister during the Franco era, hostages at a British embassy, a plane crash killing hundreds of people, Basque terrorist group ETA. A shady American analyst who teams up with a glamorous MI6 agent. Sounds good? The Hollow Man, by Paul Hollis, has all the ingredients of […]Read Post ›
So, what’s the difference between £500 and £3,000? Those of you who are hot on numbers (clearly, not Ark, Kev or Mak who complained about numerical analysis on the previous post) will quickly answer, £2,500. But, to be serious, what can you expect the difference to be between a job at the bottom end of […]Read Post ›
To cut to the chase, how much does it cost to publish a book? Well, clearly very little if you do everything yourself. The three/four main costs to factor in are book cover, editing and/or proofing, and formatting. Given that many people are capable of doing their own formatting, to a greater or lesser degree, […]Read Post ›
Or is there? Maybe these days there is. But perhaps two Irish writers are the most famous proponents of the no bad publicity perspective. Oscar Wilde: The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. and Brendan Behan: There’s no such thing as bad publicity except your own obituary. Public relations, […]Read Post ›
Or, what’s in a name? (Credit to Will S) Because if you try and differentiate between the so-called different types of editor you need, you will end up with an infarct, of the myocardium. An aside, when I was discussing heart attacks – as lay people call an MI – with a clinical colleague, I […]Read Post ›
… based on a totally unscientific survey of reading and editing lots of books, are, in no particular order: 1) Missing full point/full stop/period The cupboard door was open It should be: The cupboard door was open. 2) Faulty punctuation using dialogue “Hello, she said. “Hello.” She said. “Hello,” She said. Basically we’ve got a […]Read Post ›
Bullying and internet-bashing is a rather nasty phenomenon. Very playground and equally if not more damaging. I’ve read a few blog posts with authors complaining about bad reviews. Six and two threes sweethearts. Not everyone will like your books. A reasoned critical review is valid, and maybe it might help. When you put yourself in […]Read Post ›
If all bloggers are writers, and many writers are bloggers, how many of us are reviewers? I started reviewing 30 years ago and got paid for it. Just to add a little context. Reviews are a thorny topic in the blogging authoring world. I’ve been prowling around reading different views about reviews. And it’s not […]Read Post ›
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