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The journey continues: 40 days to go!

45 days to go until the official release of "Pete and the Persian Bottle". Yes, that's right. It has been quite a process - tonnes more re-writing and editing than I would ever have anticipated, loads of cover revisions and lots of fiddling around in the background to make sure that the book is available… Continue reading The journey continues: 40 days to go!

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Editing done, cover to go!

Well the editing is finalised, and I am hopeful that all anomalies, weird spelling and miscellaneous bits have been taken care of. Now I have to get the cover sorted. In the past I have only self-published e-books, so covers have been a simple 1 page, front cover job (and yes I know that I have… Continue reading Editing done, cover to go!

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The joys of editing (not)

I am about to release my first print-version novel (well I'm releasing it in July) and I am in the process of the final edits. Yes, you read that correctly. I am still editing. Editing is my second least favourite part of the writing process (marketing takes the number one position and always will). I am… Continue reading The joys of editing (not)