Self-Publishing
Less than a week to Mancunicon!
The Easter weekend is approaching, which in the world of SF/Fantasy can only mean one thing – EASTERCON! Which for this year is Mancunicon (in Manchester, obv.) And I will be there with a table in the dealer’s room selling…
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Powerless: Some Kind of Hero – digital pre-orders open!
Morning! (I won’t say “good”, it is Monday after all 🙂 ) Pre-orders for the digital version of my comic Powerless: Some Kind of Hero are now available. It is due for release next Monday 21st March for $3.99/£2.49. You…
New Kickstarter updates
Hey, just to let you know I’ve done some more Kickstarter updates – about the comic progress and info on what you can find on my table (C5 – see plan below) at True Believers this weekend. My campaign is…
Oh the mistakes I’ve made – self-pub advice
Hello all, I thought it might be interesting and useful, especially for those either considering or just starting out in self publishing, to list here a few of my early mistakes. Some were minor, some were major (in hindsight) and…
New cover sales (update)
Well, I updated the covers to Powerless and Killing Gods back in August and did a short blog post then about the immediate increase in sales. The proof of the pudding would be if the sales stayed elevated, or dropped…
I’m now selling on DriveThruFiction.com
Following the release of Higgs & Soap: Galaxy Delivery, and updating the covers for both Powerless and Killing Gods, I have decided to expand my little empire a bit and add on another sales channel. You can now find the…
Why I self-publish (and why I don’t worry about KDP Select)
There has been a lot of frantic handwaving over Amazons’ decision to go to ‘per-page read’ payments for Kindle Unlimited, with many authors worried it’s going to destroy their incomes and change reading habits in such a way that it…
Higgs & Soap: Galaxy Delivery = my next book!
That’s right, I can reveal that the title of my next book is “Higgs & Soap: Galaxy Delivery“! It’s a sci-fi action comedy novella featuring killer cyborgs, highly trained thieves and undeclared goods. I hope to release in September and…
I need a beta
Hey there, just a heads-up that I will be looking for Beta Readers towards the end of June. What’s a “beta reader?” I hear you ask? Well, it’s someone who gets a very early (pre-edit/proofread) version of a book and…
The Resurrection Tree now in Kindle Unlimited
 I have taken the plunge and enrolled The Resurrection Tree and Other Stories in KDP Select, which means it is now exclusive to Amazon (until the end of July), and if you have a Kindle Unlimited account (£7.99/mo), you can…