Category Archives: amediting

The great cover debate…

Posted on February 10, 2020 by darrack1

One of the problems with self-publishing is that the writer exists in a microcosmic world. Unlike more traditional routes where many decisions are taken for you and to a degree a certain amount of the weight is taken form your … Continue reading →

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Occasional self promotion… Maybe…

Posted on January 3, 2020 by darrack1

2020 is hopefully going to be a big year for me, I say more in hope than expectation but if you can’t back yourself who will? Among other things I turn fifty on the ides of march. So I will … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo: planning for the writing fest

Posted on October 17, 2019 by darrack1

‘Its the most wonderful time of the year…’ No not the one in December… NaNoWriMo is almost upon us, and if you are planning to participate this year, you may be plotting already, even if your plotting to take the … Continue reading →

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Writing Without Time: Indie October Guest Post by Meredith Debonnaire

Posted on October 9, 2019 by darrack1

WRITING WITHOUT TIME: Being a poor indie writer trying to write while juggling with two-and-a-half jobs and the electrified zombie of your social life. I often see advice for writers along the lines of “Write every day” and “set aside … Continue reading →

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It’s the little things that drive you crazy…

Posted on October 3, 2019 by darrack1

I’m currently working my way through a print proof copy of ‘From Russia With Tassels’, carefully trying to catch those last few little typo’s syntax errors and the very occasional misbegotten sentence that needs one final little polish. This is … Continue reading →

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Blurbing: Reduxed

Posted on September 26, 2019 by darrack1

Way back in December last year, a month or so before ‘A Spider In the Eye’ was released I made a post about blurbing. The art of writing a blurb for the back of a paperback. I was having a … Continue reading →

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Something wicked this way comes…

Posted on September 19, 2019 by darrack1

Hi, the blogs been very quite so far this month, as I have had quiet a lot on between real world work and some exciting writing stuff I am not quiet ready to reveal just yet… Here though is a … Continue reading →

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Editing Wisdom…

Posted on August 21, 2019 by darrack1

Soon I will be on with the final, final edit of ‘From Russia With Tassels.’ Once I get a working copy back from my editor. As such editing is a different skill set to normal writing I have been doing … Continue reading →