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Review: Let’s Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should
Let’s Get Digital: How To Self-Publish, And Why You Should by David Gaughran My rating: 4 of 5 stars Before I started to read this book, I had made the decision to consider electronic self-publication, but was not yet completely convinced. I’d spent too many years studying what
Exciting new book release
The Silver Dark Sea by Susan Fletcher has been released today, and is available in both hardcover and Kindle formats. Sue is a good friend of mine and I had the privilege to work with her in Glencoe for two years. Some of her previous books have won awards, and
New design
I’m experimenting with a new blog design. The old one (which I haven’t actually been using for that long) was becoming cluttered, and I gradually came round to the view that white text on a black background isn’t actually that readable–hence my experiment with Blogger Dynamic
The first step
My mission to publish my novel as an eBook has started with a simple step–read as much as I can on the subject! To that end I have started to read “Let’s Get Digital” by David Gaughran. So far I’m part of the way through the section
One decade later …
The 1st of July, 2002, is the earliest electronic record of my writing activities. I had been writing for years before that date on a casual basis, inspired by fantasy artwork and role-playing games to create a fantasy world of my imagination, but that was the point when I finally
The post-PC, post-print revolution, and how it affects writers
Anyone who reads this blog, however occasionally, or knows me in real life, will be aware that I sit in the bizarre middle ground between “enthusiastic about new technology” and a semi-Luddite appreciation for the 19th century. I use modern technology every day, yet I study traditional signwriting and calligraphy;
Something a little different
Over the years, I have found that my appreciation for mountains is best expressed in three different ways: literature, music, and art. Literature is obvious enough (it’s the reason this blog exists, after all); for music, I find references in dozens of classical symphonies to the wonders of nature,
A gold mine
Just when I thought I was coming to the end of the research I have to do on my new project, something else has turned up to demonstrate just how little I know! I’ve been doing some research into Albert Smith, a popular mid-Victorian writer, and in the course
The boundary between research and prewriting
I’m gradually coming to the end of the research I originally planned for my new book. Since this project is set in a period of time that was until recently unfamiliar to me, the reading list was huge and the list of things to research even longer. I’m
Terra Incognita
Part of my research for 1848 has involved a study of the cartography and glaciology of that decade. The Alps were only partially explored, despite Chamouni (modern-day Chamonix) being almost permanently overrun by tourists from every corner of Europe. Mont Blanc had been climbed dozens of times, but most other