Well D-day has come and I’ve finally uploaded my debut novel, 27, to the Amazon kindle store. Amazon willing (and let’s be honest Amazon does have deity-like powers these days), it should be available tomorrow. It seems like it’s been a long journey, from writing the actual novel in the first place, to the 18 […]
6 degrees
So now I have my feet firmly planted back on British soil, I have started to enjoy all the culture that London and the UK has to offer. I’ve been busy, and although I’ve been back in the UK for two months, I only went to my first play last weekend. “6 degrees” was performed […]
CatNav Reviews the Five Stop Story App – 10 out of 10!
I recently received a completely surprise review for the Five Stop Story app from Cat Nav. CatNav helps readers navigate the vast number of reading apps available in the app store. It identifies the best apps, reviews them and rates them. It gave the Five Stop Story app 10/10. See the review below. You can download […]
Have you missed the boat?
Almost a year ago, I spoke at the Bangkok Literary Festival about Five Stop Story and the state of the publishing industry. Other speakers included Ken Hom, Stephen Leather and Christopher Moore and I felt a little out of my depth. How would people respond to me, an unpublished writer who had just set up a […]
Amazon Breakthrough Novel – Round 2
A few weeks ago I learnt that my novel, “27,” was through to the next round of the Amazon Breakthrough novel. 10,000 people entered and they chose 2,000 people to go through to the next round based on the pitches for their novels. I was one of the lucky 2,000. I know. 2,000 is a […]
Celebrating 11 years of the Bangkok Women’s Writers Group
I’ve been a member of the Bangkok Women’s Writers Group for nearly a year now, and sadly will soon be leaving, as I’m heading back to London to work. The group is a talented bunch and their feedback on my novels and short stories has been invaluable. Luckily Anette Pollner, who leads the group, is […]
Traditional or Self-Publishing?
For ages, I’ve been considering the question of whether to self-publish my novel “27” or to seek traditional representation. A couple of months ago, I couldn’t decide, and so as I often do in these situations, I decided that I would just pursue both options and see which one worked. Using a very useful spreadsheet […]
Neglected!
My blog has been somewhat neglected lately. It’s sat lonely and unloved in some shady corner of the ether, probably reading under a palm tree, while it waits for me to return and bless it with my ramblings. Lots has happened since my last post. Firstly I have decided to bite the bullet and self-publish…More […]
I Don’t Miss my Massive Walkman and Soon we Won’t Miss Books
Today I welcome Adam Charles, Director of iwritereadrate, to my blog to talk about the evolution of digital media and how he eventually managed to separate himself from his clunky Walkman and the stack of CDs in his living room and now only buys digital music. He believes the same process is inevitable for eBooks. […]
Five Stop Story Kindle Book now Live
After lots of blood, sweat and tears (all mine), the Five Stop Story Kindle book is now live. To be honest, I’m quite relieved. It took a lot more time and was a lot harder work than I expected – It seems formatting is the biggest nightmare whatever medium you publish on! Luckily I got there in the end, […]