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Now on X
10 Mar 2025I now have a presence on X. I’ve been trying to work out the easiest way of engaging with anyone who feels like engaging with me. I already have a presence ...
Read articleFacebook ad campaign
25 Feb 2025I guess the problem any debut author faces is how do you get your book known to potential readers so they can decide if they want to read it or not? There i...
Read articleAccounts Created
10 Jan 2025I’ve spent a lot of time trying to work out where to sell Stigma. The obvious place was KDP (Kindle Digital Publishing). Creating an account was a straightf...
Read articleMarketing Tasks
01 Jan 2025I’ve been reading a lot of articles about what a self-published author (and I guess any author really) needs to have, or do to market, a novel. The first th...
Read articleKindle Publishing
15 Dec 2024Started creating the accounts need to publish Stigma. I have created the Kindle account, and everything looks correctly set up. Just need to upload the eboo...
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Stigma Cover Entered In Competition
03 May 2025They say not to judge a book by its cover but I need you to do just that. If you liked the cover of my book, Stigma, please vote for it for the Cover of the ...
Read articleStigma update
23 Apr 2025Stigma has been on the market now for a little over five weeks. During that time, I was running a Facebook Ad campaign to see if I could encourage people to ...
Read articleFacebook Ad - end of week one
23 Mar 2025Since the 17th of March I have been running a Facebook ad campaign to promote Stigma. I think for the most part it has been successful, considering that this...
Read articleGoogle Play - Accepted
17 Mar 2025Stigma is now available on Google Play Books. Google Play Boo...
Read articleStigma Launch
16 Mar 2025Tomorrow is the big day. The official launch date for Stigma. It’s been a long time coming, and not everything is as ready as I would have liked. I’m still w...
Read articleAmazon Kindle - Accepted
06 Mar 2025Things are beginning to move very quickly now. Both the eBook and paperback are now both available on Amazon. ...
Read articleApple Books - Accepted
05 Mar 2025A couple of days ago, I uploaded the final version of Stigma to the three stores that I have chosen to use. Amazon Kindle Apple Books Google Play Boo...
Read articleRelease Date Planned - 17th March
19 Feb 2025I’ve announced on Social Media that Stigma will be available on the 17th of March. Is this a realistic date? I honestly don’t know, I’ve never done this befo...
Read articleOn the home straight
31 Jan 2025Last night I provided Stigma to Abbie, who will do the final edit to prepare for publishing. The plan is for her to have Stigma until the end of February to...
Read articleBook Cover - Finished
10 Dec 2024Victoria got back to me today with the final designs for the book cover. I have to say that I am exceptionally chuffed with what she has created. Please che...
Read articleBook cover chosen
02 Dec 2024Out of the two designs for the cover at I was looking at, I have gone for this one. My original brief to Vicki was that I wanted something simple, minimalist...
Read articlePotential cover designs - Market Research
30 Nov 2024My rough market research has shown that people like number 5, followed by number 3. For me, with number 5, the letters don’t feel part of the design. I’ve a...
Read articlePotential cover designs
28 Nov 2024So, another step closer to having a finished book. Vicki has provided 6 potential cover designs for me to have a look over. At this time, my personal favour...
Read articleBooked a Copy Editor
15 Nov 2024Found myself a CopyEditor on Reedsy. They can’t start the work until the end of January, but I’m in no rush.
Read articleLooking for a Copyeditor
05 Nov 2024Just advertised on Reedsy that I need of a copyeditor to polish the hell out of the manuscript. With the cover design in progress, and setting this in motio...
Read articleBeta Reader - Report
25 Oct 2024Received the beta reader report back from Robert. It was a very glowing report. He enjoyed reading Stigma. To use his words I couldn’t put it down! Wh...
Read articleCover artist has been hired,
23 Oct 2024I reached out to four graphics artists on Reedsy, providing them a brief of what I needed. They all came back with similar quotes in terms of money, and wha...
Read articleStigma cover
17 Oct 2024So, a month later I’ve done all the changes that I think need to be done to make the story stronger, as per Charlotte’s suggestions. I think I still need to...
Read articleHired a beta reader
13 Oct 2024I’ve hired a beta reader to tell me what makes sense and what doesn’t in the story. Unlike the editor review, who advised on the technical aspects of the st...
Read articleEditor's report
01 Oct 2024I’ve spent the last week or so reading the report I received back from the editor. I’ve also changed the story based on her feedback. I’ve dropped one chara...
Read articleEditor's report received
20 Sep 2024Well, don’t know what to say, I’m in shock. The report back from Charlotte was very positive! I’m not sure how to process the information. Yes, she has po...
Read articleEditor hired
15 Aug 2024Today I have hired a lady called Charlotte, who is going to perform a development edit on Stigma. Got to admit I’m nervous as hell. If her report states ‘Do...
Read articleReedsy
04 Aug 2024Spent the last month of so trying to work out what I have to do with that file on my hard disk that claims to be a novel. Having done nothing like this befo...
Read articleFinal Draft
01 Jul 2024So, after what has been a very long time, I started Stigma back in 2015, then put it to one side until the beginning of 2024. I think I finished it. I’ve ha...
Read articleStigma - Intro
19 Jan 2024About 10 years ago, an idea came to me, and it was the equivalent of a music earworm. To get rid of it, I turned it into a short story, hoping that would be...
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