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Last week I received my sweet, sweet 50 copies of The Fulcrum. After all the sweat, blood, tears and screaming was I elated? Thrilled? Overjoyed? No. Because the font wasn’t exactly as perfect as I wanted it to be. Long story, I won’t bore you with the details, but it involves machine error and gifContinue reading “Well. It’s done.”

The proof copy is back from the printers and I am editing – once again. I started writing The Fulcrum in 2016 and it was the first novel I’d ever attempted to start with the aim of completing it.* 2016 was a long time ago in new novelist terms. A lifetime ago. Apart from everythingContinue reading “Until it is done”

A blog of procrastination about being between stories, journals and things that should probably be fed to the fire… Between stories is a new experience for me. I realised I was in this space as a space only last night. I was sort of fidgeting around my laptop opening and closing apps and tabs likeContinue reading “The in-between”

I read somewhere once that creative passion isn’t the wildfire rousing of an artist overcome with mad inspiration, but rather the decision to follow through with the practical steps required until the creation is complete. The decision and commitment, if you will, to go to the easel and meet the canvas every day, until youContinue reading “The dull practicality of passion”

Well, I said I was only going to write only two posts about my experience with publishing The Fulcrum, one about traditional publishing and one about self-publishing. So here’s the one about self-publishing. I can’t say it’s a thrill-a-minute read, but it’s a good starter-pack of ‘Valuable Insights’ for those who care. First things firstContinue reading “What you need to know about self-publishing”