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SYN and SUM

SYN is concise while SUM is more conversational overview of your book.

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book covers

If you take anything from my words today…….it should be: YOUR COVER MUST SUIT YOUR GENRE.

Category: The Book Journey Tags: author, becoming a author, becoming a recognised author, becoming a writer, book, bookcover, bookcovers, Books, fantasy, fantasy cover, fantasy writing, genre, My Book, my book cover, pick a book cover, publish, Published, published author, publishing, Self-publishing, Traditional Publishing, writer

LETS START THE YEAR WITH SOME POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT…….because let’s face it, 2020 has been a hard year for so many of us. “Instead of worrying about what you cannot control, shift your energy to what you can create.”― Roy T. Bennett Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence. — Vince Lombardi If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look… Read More

Category: The Book Journey Tags: author, becoming a author, becoming a recognised author, becoming a writer, editing, editor, friendship, positive quotes, positivity, PRINT ON DEMAND, publish, Published, published author, publishing, Self-publishing, Traditional Publishing, wellbeing, writer, writing

Judging a book by the Cover

Judgie MacFudgie of book covers, is in the house. Could your cover be better? Definitely. Great covers fly off shelves, so make your cover the best you can and be prepared to pay good money to get it.

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EDIT ME CRAZY

BECAUSE I need to vent about editing.

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Traditional Publishing Route

It was no longer just about the book I’ve written, it included me as a marketable commodity.

Category: The Book Journey Tags: author, book, publish, published author, publishing, Self-publishing, Traditional Publishing

Let’s talk about Editing

Do you have any idea how much it costs to have a manuscript or anything professionally edited? Obviously, I didn’t.

Category: The Book Journey Tags: amateur, author, editing, editor, publish, publishing, writing

About

Considering I endeavour to become a published author, you’d think I’d be capable of writing a short paragraph to introduce myself… But, it turns out that I am terrible at writing non-fiction. So, I suppose nobody should be expecting a title falling within that category. EVER.

I am currently an unknown author residing in the Sunshine State of Australia. For those of you who aren’t familiar with the Australian states, Queensland… I’m in Queensland. I’ve created this blog to both document my journey through the publishing process; and share my experiences with those of you considering a similar path.

Becoming A Recognised Author

The trials and tribulations of an Independent Author.