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Continuing Personal Development…

A while back I was feeling pretty unsuccessful.  I don't sell a lot of books and for some reason I equate the number of books that I do sell with my personal sense of achievement. That hasn't changed... I have. Since we moved to this town, I've been feeling very low and trying to write… Continue reading Continuing Personal Development…

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An Author’s musings on the Past and the Future…

I’ve been looking back at my publishing career to date, in an effort to decide how to proceed with the next few years. I started writing seriously in 2008 and had a few short stories published in various anthologies. I didn’t start publishing my own work until 2011. One of the questions I get asked… Continue reading An Author’s musings on the Past and the Future…

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Being paid with Exposure…

There's a skirmish raging in the publishing industry at the moment... no, I'm not talking about two of the Big Six going head to head over something, or Traditional Publishing attacking Self Publishing. I'm talking about writers waking up to a strange concept. Payment. When I started writing in the hope of making it a… Continue reading Being paid with Exposure…