Sensible advice to the wannabe indie author from Seamus Gallagher.
…as much as we storytellers dabble in fiction, fantasy and folklore, finding the elusive silver bullet that drives our masterpieces to the top of the bestseller lists is unlikely to be appear under our pillow like some equivalent of the tooth fairy’s offerings… for almost a decade now (my, how time flies when ye’re enjoying yerself, eh, Mabel?), I’ve derived more pleasure than ever I could have imagined by becoming a writer… Lady Luck has bestowed her blessings liberally in the sales/downloads column, aggregating more than 100,ooo copies across all my Jack Calder crime thriller titles, and my wee guide to using the SOSYAL NETWORKS as a scribbler, SELF-PUBLISHING STEPS TO SUCCESSFUL SALES…
…I’m often asked what’s the secret to the marketing and promotion WURK that goes into being a modern scribe… okay, I’ll spill the beans… ssshhhh… there is NO secret... but for what it’s worth…
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A fabulous review of 20s Girl by Sharon Booth.
A fabulous review of Mags Cullingford’s Twins of a Gazelle by Cathy Ryan. I hope it makes you want to download the book and read it . . .
Mar 11
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This week, June Kearns and I travelled to London for Trisha Ashley‘s book launch at Daunt’s, Marylebone High Street. Our plan was to spend the day window shopping, have lunch and then head for Daunt’s – all part of my birthday celebration. An unexpected guest turned up at…
Mar 4
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Today I’m welcoming author Rosemary Gemmell onto my blog, close on the heels of Gwent Kirkwood, another Scottish writer I featured. Are you detecting a theme, yet? Thank you so much, Lizzie, for inviting me to your lovely blog. I enjoy reading about your travels around Scotland now…
Author: Adrienne Vaughan Published: November 2013 by New Romantics Press Category: Contemporary, Drama, Romance Escaping to a remote Irish isle, journalist Marianne Coltrane had not bargained for a…
Great review for Adrienne’s short story collection via Rosie Amber.
The other day, I shared on social media a scrappily-put-together meme of the me I like to think I am when I write… and the truth. My publisher, Karen Sullivan, was rather tickled, and we invited other writers to do the same. And what delights were revealed in the wake of my honesty. Want to see them? Of course you do.
So here’s my #RealWritingFace…
The beautiful Claire King – author of The Night Rainbow and Everything Love Is – shared hers. I find this warm and comforting. I also want to get spectacles.
And then Mr John Marrs – author of Welcome to Wherever You Are and The One – pinged me this beauty. I recognise the hunk at the bottom, but not sure who that nobody at the top is…
Amanda Prowse – author of way to many novels to list here, my favourite being Three And a…
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If you haven’t downloaded Adrienne’s book of short stories and poems you should! Read Sharon’s fabulous review 😀
Feb 10
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Castle Stalker, Argyll © Lizzie Lamb July saw us taking a month long research trip to Scotland. We started at Edinburgh, visited Rosslyn Chapel and Britannia . We called in at Whitburn to visit my family and discovered that Uncle Archie is a great fan of caravaning, too – I…
New Romantics Press 