After almost interminable provarication, I finally decided on my publishing name, so, gentle reader, I give you “Closed Loop Publishing” (Yes, I have got a degree in Electronics, very rarely referenced and almost entirely forgotten.) Now I have to prepare the book for publication. Good news is that review is flooded in. A creditable “enjoyable...

No, not that. I finally got the proof copy of my book and, I have to say, I am pleasantly surprised. I pretty much got the formatting right, a few small things to tweak, which I will do in the revision before it goes to distribution. Not got the distribution underway yet. Hopefully get the form in tonight. I’ve been a busy butterfly on something else. Of which,...

Well, the plan was to wait until I had all the ISBN/Amazon nonsense completed before telling people how they could buy the book and releasing it on the world but some quirks of the system have let it loose to those kind souls keen enough to buy a copy before I’ve had a chance to check that the formatting is OK. The process requires you to make the book...

And so thoughts now turn to marketing a book. A bit of an impasse while I await all the ISBN gubbins, so I’m having a think about promoting the book. Clearly, if you write it, they don’t come, so something needs to be attempted to overcome that. I’m not entirely clear on the plan but I’ve got a few thoughts. My intention is to share what I...

Don’t all get too excited, but here is the World Premiere, latest version of the front cover. It will maybe get a little tweak before the final version goes out to distribution. Alternatively, I’ll have got bored of it by then and will have a whole new one. And just when you thought it couldn’t get any more exciting, here’s the latest back...

Well, the plan is working. I’m having fun. Despite it being a little bit fiddly at times, getting The Beatle Man prepared to publish is proving a lot of fun. Not been this energised with it for a long while. So the main goal is being acheived. It’s going pretty quickly now too. A lot of reading and learning but its coming together. Next stage is to sort...

So, here we are. I’ve submitted The Beatle Man to a couple of publishers and a few agents and been rejected by all. This would seem to be expected and advice would tell you that you keep on submitting and see how you get on. Well, frankly, I can’t be arsed. Its not much fun at all. And what is the point if its not fun? So, I’m going to have some...

Slowly and surely they drew their plans against us*. I’ve done very little work of an evening, there is no denying it. I think I need my holiday which, luckily, arrives next week. The plot for Terra Exitus is moving along but I’m struggling with the fact I can let go of some of the original ideas I had, despite not being able to make them fit the...

Busy doing nothing, working the whole day through. Which is the problem I suppose. Still, after a brief pause to well, laze about, I’m off and running with the Terra Exitus plan. I’ve still not convinced Stuart that it is worth writing, but I’m ploughing on anyway. I want to see if I can get it into a shape that I really believe in enough to...

Ok, I said I wouldn’t write any of the new book until I finished The Beatle Man. And I suppose that’s true. It is ‘finished’. Its just that really should be sorting out a decent synopsis. But I’ve got a cold and I’m really not in the mood. So I wrote this instead. The (potential) opening paragraph of Terra Exitus. Whether or not it...