• I read an article on The Guardian recently titled More are published than could ever succeed: are there too many books? As an author who uses KDP [...]

  Are more authors choosing self-publishing than traditional?

  March 25, 2025
• Usually when an author starts out on their publishing journey, they might begin with self-publishing their book to build up a few reviews and [...]

  Traditional, Indie and hybrid publishing – how do they compare?

  September 10, 2024
• If you’ve read my blog post on 22nd February about my experiences of traditional, hybrid and self-publishing, you’ll know that [...]

  Traditional publishing frustrations – why I’m preparing to go Indie

  March 17, 2021
• Decades ago, the only type of publishing that was reputable and viable was traditional publishing – to submit a book to a publisher, who [...]

  Traditional, hybrid and self-publishing…my experience

  February 22, 2021

• This week marks a major milestone in my writing career: after 5 drafts and a concept that was born 4 years ago, my fantasy novel is finally out [...]

  Fantasy novel finished and out for submission

  November 18, 2017
• Over the past few years, my experience of the publishing world has greatly altered the perceptions I had as a fledgling writer 15 years ago. Back [...]

  Researching literary agents and traditional publishers

  November 6, 2016
• What with all my recent magazine publications and correspondence with editors on forthcoming poetry collections and book length stories (more on [...]

  Novel writing and traditional publishing

  August 27, 2014
• Here are the facts about traditional publishing as I see them: in a world of tough economic times, big publishing houses are sticking to the safe [...]

  A debut author in a debut age of publishing

  July 22, 2013