Gold Coast Supanova is nearly here!
My first event of 2025 will be Gold Coast Supanova and it’s now under a month away. It’s on the weekend of 13-14th April, to be exact. 🙂 Events like Supanova are always a lot of fun. I get to dress as one of my characters, sit at a table with two good friends who […]
Making progress
It’s nearly the end of February and I’m busy, busy, busy! I’m doing lots of editing and have also booked some events for the year. I will be at Gold Coast Supanova, Comicgeddon and Brisbane Supanova. I’ll let you know more events as they come to hand. I hope to see you at one or […]
Ready for 2025!
Last year was insanely busy for me. I had two new releases – one a full-length novel (Keeper of the Archives), the other a short story anthology (Stepping Sideways). I also edited a plethora of manuscripts for other authors, wrote as often as I could (which wasn’t very often by the end of the year!) […]
Two new titles and a busy schedule
It’s been a busy second half of the year, so much so that all the posts I intended to put up about the release of Keeper of the Archives were shelved. I was simply too busy to write them. So here we are, at the end of the year. Keeper is out and so is […]
New website, new book, new WIP
I have been giving my website a facelift for the past couple of months and I think it might finally be working! This is my first blog in the new format and I’m hoping if you’re looking at this on the site that it’s working okay for you. If something’s going wrong, let me know. […]
Why I Write
When you’re an unknown author, it can be difficult to make sales. This can definitely make me feel like giving up at times.
Another blogger, Elle Griffin, recently put up a post called ‘No one buys books’, which you can read here. In it, she quoted statistics that both depress me and make me hopeful.
For a start, most books don’t even sell 1000 copies. According to publishers, 90% of books never sell more than 2000 copies and 50% sell fewer than a dozen copies.
Happily, none of my books are in the 50% bracket, so that’s a plus, and it’s nice to know that I’m not the only author who struggles with sales; even those with big publishers do. But at times like this, I wonder why I keep going.
Writing, Preparing, Finalising
March has been a big month. I have continued work on Father of the Horde, my WIP, and am now almost at the 25,000 word mark. I have finalised the typeset version of Keeper of the Archives with my publisher, with it scheduled for release in September.
I will also be attending Gold Coast Supanova on 13 and 14 April with my fellow authors, Jeanette O’Hagan and Adele Jones. You can find us at the Rendered Realms stand. We will also be at the FraserPop Festival in Maryborough on 13 and 14 July and are looking at some other events as well. Make sure to check my events page if you want to know more.
New year, new story
It’s taken almost two months of 2024 for me to find the time to write my first blog post. Ever since I returned to work after my holiday, I have been busy helping people by editing their books. It’s great to see so many trying to get their stories out there. 🙂 Keeper of the […]
Another year over
And here we are again. It’s just about time to say goodbye to 2023. As I prepare for the Christmas season, I’m reflecting on the year that has just passed and what experiences I’ve had. I’ve had the joy of having another book accepted for publication. Keeper of the Archives should be released in July […]
Busy, busy, busy!
There’s so much going on at the moment, which is great. I like to be busy. 🙂 After Oz ComicCon in Brisbane in September, which we really enjoyed, I started work at a new round of edits on Keeper of the Archives, my new book, which will be out in July 2024. I’m still working […]