by David | Jan 13, 2014
Since writing the first two parts of this series of three, my recently published second novel, Delusional Traits, has been through various editorial mills and I hope emerged a better beast for it. I am still awaiting feedback from eagle-eyed readers, but I remain confident that it is fairly clean. Certainly it went through plenty of scrutiny. It’s now out there – click on the panel to buy your copy. (more…)
by David | Sep 12, 2013
Since posting the first article in this series, I’ve been looking more closely at the problem of locating missing speech marks. It’s not an easy problem (more…)
by David | Aug 30, 2013
You know the feeling – you’ve got to the stage with your new best seller where it’s been through several drafts. You’ve read it, hated it, changed it and polished it. All that remains is the proofreading and editing… (more…)
by David | Jul 2, 2013
Things have been fairly subdued on the sales front over the past couple of months, so it’s very encouraging when another five star review pops up out of the blue.
On 29 June on Amazon US, a lady called Robyn Carter posted the following review, the first for a while:
Best book I have read in long time. A rip roaring read. Can’t wait for book two. If you like art combined with science then this is for you
Many thanks, Robyn, I’m very grateful to you for your comments and the five stars
And what is happening to book two? Well, if you follow my FB page, you’ll know that having finished the first draft sometime ago now, I decided that firstly the ending, and then the beginning needed work – particularly the ending. So that’s where it’s at. The start of the book is now ready, apart from further proof reading and all that stuff, and I’m well on the way with the ending. Just a couple of chapter rewrites to go. After that, of course more proof reading and editing, so it will be a while, but let’s look for now at September as a target.
I’ll keep you posted.
by David | Mar 3, 2013
Our recent trip up to Hong Kong for three weeks from our winter hideaway in Phuket had a number of goals. First and foremost, we were there to see the Hong Kong branch of the family: stepdaughter Zoe and granddaughters Lily and Phoebe – do you recognise the names from Rare Traits? (more…)
by David | Dec 23, 2012
Ebooks are brilliant, but printed books are far from dead. If you are an indie author, you really should be maximising your options by going for both. Read on… (more…)
