February 16th 2020 Today I finished reading Paulo Coelho’s The Alchemist. It’s a book that I bought four hours ago, in a tiny bookstore called Petronella’s in the lakeside village of Tekapo, on New Zealand’s South Island. I needed a … Continue reading Alchemist
June 14th 2019 Today, for the first time in a long time, I finished reading a book. I frequently flit between actually reading books and wanting to be the kind of person who reads books. For all of this year … Continue reading Atlas
April 18th 2019 Today my friend’s Mum posted a Facebook status saying she was looking forward to reading my novel over the Easter weekend. That was weird to me, but awesome. He’d bought my book to A) support me, and … Continue reading Backed
March 27th 2019 Today I sold the 20th copy of my novel. That’s about 17 more copies than I expected I’d sell, so I’m pretty happy with that. I haven’t been incessantly checking my Amazon Bookshelf reports as often as … Continue reading Copy
March 21st 2019 Today I marketed my novel in the way that I feel most comfortable with: by spamming my Instagram story. The beauty of an Instagram story is that in 24 hours everything I put up there will disappear. … Continue reading Marketed
March 20th 2019 Today I sold the first paperback unit of my novel through Amazon, which I suppose officially makes me a self-published author. Woo! That’s cool. That’s really cool. Thank you to the person who ordered it, you know … Continue reading Unit
March 19th 2019 Today my novel is finally available to purchase through Amazon. The proof version passed all the final checks and I got an email from Amazon today telling me that the book is published and ready to be … Continue reading Dolphins
March 17th 2019 Today the proof copy of my novel arrived in the post. I guess technically it arrived yesterday, but I only got back from Norway this morning, so for me it arrived today. It was the first thing … Continue reading Proof
March 10th 2019 Today I finally uploaded to my Kindle Bookshelf the cover art for the novel that I wrote five years ago. It’s been a long time coming, but I finally did it. For a while, the only thing … Continue reading Bookshelf
February 5th 2019 Today I got the first concepts of the artwork for my book cover back. For some reason, I felt like crying when I saw them. I commissioned a graphic designer/illustrator friend of mine to create the cover, … Continue reading Concept
