Life as an author entrepreneur
And you thought PMS was bad ... You've never been near someone suffering from AMS! A.k.a. Amazon Marketing Services. The joy and torment of every indie author / author entrepreneur / self-publisher / whatever the term du jour is. We check that graph every day. Who are we kidding, we check that graph every hour. … Continue reading AMSing
I need somewhere new to live. Or rather I will soon. In a past life (one that ended in 2008) I was an estate agent in Spain. During that time I caught the property bug and now I enjoy one of the things I hated most when I was a child: looking at houses. The other … Continue reading A Train, a Bus, a Bedroom, a Balcony, a Dog
When I was twelve my parents thought it would be good to move to the country. As a consequence of that, I started spending most Saturday mornings in the local library. Meanwhile, my parents braved the usual hungry hordes in the supermarket opposite to stock up on food for the week. After weeks of skirting around it, I decided to … Continue reading The Beatles, Amazon, Disruption
Yesterday I flew out of Copenhagen Airport. Lovely place. I like to take my time when I travel, make sure I get to the airport early and don't stress about transport delays, security queues, all those other things that can potentially make you miss your flight. Plus it's good to have a little time to … Continue reading The Writer in the Airport
Guess what! Guess what! Yesterday did become Paperback Publication Day. After all those failed attempts, all that wailing and rending of garments, I finally produced a version that Amazon accepted for publication. I will be able to hold my book in my hands. I will be able to sit with my tea/latte/glass of wine and … Continue reading The Waiting Game
I got my A - Z back. Z now works so I no longer have to copy/paste if I want to write "lazy" instead of "lay." So far so good. So far my plan to publish my book in paperback form has a) crashed b) burned Mainly because each time I uploaded the manuscript, Amazon kept … Continue reading Could Today Be Paperback Publication Day?
This morning I woke up early and lay in bed reading. Some many wonderful things you can do when you don't have to get up, make up and go to the office. For at least the fifth time I was reading The Negotiator by Frederick Forsyth. My favourite line in there has to be: … Continue reading Life Without A – Z
I lost my z this afternoon. On my keyboard. I press it and absolutely nothing happens. I'm getting it now by copying and pasting. Then sometimes it randomly appears. Just in case I had forgotten about it and begun to move on. There's either a leprechaun without a calendar living under my keyboard or a ghost. … Continue reading Life Without z
Today is World Book Day. My son's school celebrated by encouraging everyone to bring a dish inspired by a book. Naturally we had to make cake. For Christmas some old friends came him Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor by Rick Riordan. He laughed, he loved it. When he loves a book, I'm ecstatic. … Continue reading The Cake in the Sword
