Posted by: allanmayer on: April 15, 2009
So what do you know? They always say- write about what you know. Strange really when you apply that to some best selling fiction. Did Frank Herbert know about space travel and the politico-religious structures of far-flung empires when he wrote ‘Dune?’ Did Martin Amis live his life backwards, as in ‘Time’s Arrow,’ and [...]
Posted by: allanmayer on: March 19, 2009
I’d like to think that someone, somewhere in the world has said that recently… (I’m talking about my book, what do you think I meant?) I’m at the stage now as a newly published author where I’m starting to get feedback from people who have read my book- some of them friends, others people I [...]
Posted by: allanmayer on: November 25, 2008
AAAGGGGHHHH!!!! It must be getting to me: the waiting, the constant search for new marketing ideas, the doubts about the quality of POD published books on some of the other blogs. Last night I had a dream that my book had arrived. It had cost me about £20. The publisher (YWO) had not used my [...]
