Tag Archives: publishing
Cocky Delusions of Creative Grandeur
Beautiful bird, is it not? The Cockerel? The diminutive, Cock and Cocky have been used for year – YEARS – as nicknames, slang, euphemisms… a versatile and well-used word. We’ve all heard it, read it and/or used it. It is … Continue reading
Cats And Dogs
My short stories have transferred from Smashwords to the ibookstore and translated the ‘teen fiction’ category to ‘children’s stories’. When I look at the downloads I find that in the ‘customers also bought’ section are books for young children. Of course, … Continue reading
Banished No More
Banished is now online! It is up and available on smashwords.com: http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/45233 We’ll be opening the bubbly tonight! As it is ebook week I am hoping to have a voucher code for all you guys soon. Thank you to everyone … Continue reading
…speaking Japanese, I think I’m speaking Japanese…
I really think so, because my publisher and I just can’t get the cover design right. I want something edgy, graffiti-ish and grungy and he keeps submitting cover designs with clean-cut, sharp fonts that speak of squeaky clean kitchens on … Continue reading
To Face Or Not To Face
I have done my bio, the book cover is being designed, my webpage is due to be launched and the only thing the publisher’s are waiting for is…a photo! Aaagh! was my first reaction. My second and third were along … Continue reading
Learning to Smash
Well, I did it, I uploaded a copy of The Red Shoes for worldwide distribution on the Smashwords website and on its first day it had been downloaded over 40 times with 1 review. I was surprised, I have to … Continue reading
Book Trailers
Apparently they’re all the rage. Nowadays, people don’t just want a blurb, they want a mini-movie-trailer to show them what they ought to be imagining. I kid you not. All fiction books that are targeted for teens have to have a … Continue reading
Victory dance (x 0.5)
Earlier in the week I managed to get hold of tickets to see the preview of Shrek 4 and took the kids (OK, the kids took me!). I managed to catch a cold off one of the other delightful cherubims in … Continue reading
Banished by Bea Turvey
Scribbled thoughts of a mad woman 