Posts Tagged: self-publishing

New publication call to arms!

Quimperfect Tense is a new online publication and literary development group run by myself, Rebecca Audra Smith and Jacky Hillary. We’re women-focused (hence the name), but we really just want to feature writing that treats women well as characters. We’re

New publication call to arms!

Quimperfect Tense is a new online publication and literary development group run by myself, Rebecca Audra Smith and Jacky Hillary. We’re women-focused (hence the name), but we really just want to feature writing that treats women well as characters. We’re

Last chance for Humping the Boonies!

Last July I printed fifty copies of a flash fiction chapbook: Humping the Boonies. I now have just THREE COPIES LEFT. Those ones right there below, in fact. If you want one of these books, leave a comment, tweet or

Last chance for Humping the Boonies!

Last July I printed fifty copies of a flash fiction chapbook: Humping the Boonies. I now have just THREE COPIES LEFT. Those ones right there below, in fact. If you want one of these books, leave a comment, tweet or

Breathing Lightly :: March writing workshop

On Saturday March 1st, fellow writer Rebecca Audra Smith and myself are running a some creative writing workshops at Madlab in the Northern Quarter, called ‘Breathing Lightly‘. What is it? We wanted to do something in the run-up to International

Breathing Lightly :: March writing workshop

On Saturday March 1st, fellow writer Rebecca Audra Smith and myself are running a some creative writing workshops at Madlab in the Northern Quarter, called ‘Breathing Lightly‘. What is it? We wanted to do something in the run-up to International

A Writing Year

It’s been very quiet on this front of late; I’ve had a break from writing recently, mostly thanks to a wee bout of depression, so now I’m feeling reflective and hopeful and want to take a look at what I’ve

A Writing Year

It’s been very quiet on this front of late; I’ve had a break from writing recently, mostly thanks to a wee bout of depression, so now I’m feeling reflective and hopeful and want to take a look at what I’ve

Blog Hop :: Next Big Thing

Thank you to the lovely Louise Gibney for tagging me in her Blog Hop! Louise is a novelist, blogger and generally brilliant person who wrote Girl Meets Boys, and is now working on her own Next Big Thing. The first

Blog Hop :: Next Big Thing

Thank you to the lovely Louise Gibney for tagging me in her Blog Hop! Louise is a novelist, blogger and generally brilliant person who wrote Girl Meets Boys, and is now working on her own Next Big Thing. The first

My work in progress

I was tagged for this by the lovely Catherine, who is aiming to get her own WIP novel done in time to start Nano afresh – good luck Cat! There were plenty of projects I could’ve mentioned here – I’m

My work in progress

I was tagged for this by the lovely Catherine, who is aiming to get her own WIP novel done in time to start Nano afresh – good luck Cat! There were plenty of projects I could’ve mentioned here – I’m

I am a writer

After finishing my degree in 2010 I more or less gave up writing. I wanted to write; every now and then the guilt would take over and I’d try, but I never got very far. Eventually it faded into a

I am a writer

After finishing my degree in 2010 I more or less gave up writing. I wanted to write; every now and then the guilt would take over and I’d try, but I never got very far. Eventually it faded into a

To self-publish or not?

Two nights ago I had a dream of rescuing a book from drowning, then giving it CPR. Looking back now, I wonder if my mind is trying to tell me something. I have this vague plan of redrafting a novel

To self-publish or not?

Two nights ago I had a dream of rescuing a book from drowning, then giving it CPR. Looking back now, I wonder if my mind is trying to tell me something. I have this vague plan of redrafting a novel