July; I have spent the last 2 months submitting to agents here and in the US. It takes forever as none of them what the same submission. All want the letter ane synopsis but then they what different amounts of the novel, ranging from 5 pages to 4 chapters. Others what you to fill in a form so you have to cut and paste it in which is very time consuming. I have had personal rejections from 10 and nothing from the others so far. I also got a rejection letter from a publish i sent to 2 years ago!! I had forgotten all about it. He liked it but not enough to publish it. I am still hope one of the other agents will take on Solar Star.
February and I am about to send off Solar Star again after spending months working on it editing, cover letter, hook and synopsis all have had overhauls. Now I hope it at least has a chance to be read. Fingers crossed. Still writing Villa on the Lake and I am now over 98,000 words in and only about half way. I think it might become a two part book!!! Still I do love to write.
Time for an update. Nothing positive has happened except I am writing a new novel set in Italy and I'm 109 pages in. I have given up blogs (If you wish to read them they are on my Facebook Authors page) and concentrate on what I love doing Writing and not the rest of it which I am crap at. Never heard from New York publisher or agent so I guess that is it. I cannot be bother to send it off any more as I get nowhere. So A Skylark sings will be the last novel I get published. I will still write for myself as no one else seems to want to read it.
Welcome to my website. I have set this up with a lot of help from my nephew Scott to promote my novels. You will also find me on Goodreads where I have an Author Profile and will be attempting to write a blog. It is free so why not join up and rate my book along with your own ‘best reads’ and give me some feedback!
I have just sent off "Solar Star" my SF novel to one of the big 5 publishers so fingers crossed they like it.
I have had some great feedback from readers on "A Skylark Sings" and I am giving a talk on June 4th at 2pm at Tadley library. To get a ticket for this event please get in touch with them. They cost £4.
Also in June on the 11th I will have a stall at the Winchester Writers Festival at the University in the evening from 6pm to 7.30pm. Come and see me and I will happily sign your copies or buy any of the three novels at a discounted price.
BREAKING NEWS, A Skylark Sings is published on 29th January by Austin Macauley and I hope they are true to there word and publisics it well. I live in hope!
October 2018; I have finally finished the final proof reading of SKYLARK and I hope it will be published in November. Fingers crossed. To see what the cover looks like go to the news page.
June 2018, Well the editor let me down as well but I think I fixed all the problems and it is now even better. After reading it a few more times I am quite impressed by it and think it is a good story and is an enjoyable read.
January 2018; Just had the cover for "A Skylark Sings" come back for me to see and it is just as I imagined it would be. Now I am waiting to see how their edit turns out.
News on LL and the e-books company he uses. They now want me to pay £24 for each book I have on their sight so £48 a year!!! As I don't sell much from their I have decided to take them off e-books and so if you want a copy e-mail me and I can send you a hard copy.
December 2017; I have just entered three of my SF and Fantasy novels to Angry Robot Publishers as they are running a two month open submissions which they only do every two years. I missed the last one but got in early this time. Fingers crossed that one of them may be picked up for publication.
October 2017. GREAT NEWS. Finally after 12 months of sending out novels to different publishers I have some brilliant news. Austin Macauley have given me a contract so they can publish "A Skylark sings" in 2018. I was so surprised when this came through the post I almost didn't believe it but it is real!!. They are in the big league with offices in London, New York and other major cities in the world and they have a dedicated marketing and promoting department so this time the novel might have a good chance of selling. I am now filling in a author questionnaire and then we get down to editing. Amazing!!!
2007
Still writing "The Skull Ship" the tenth Solar Star novel between writing more short stories and entering them for competitions but so far no luck.
Good news the new article has come out in April edition of the magazine "Two Worlds" Check it out!!
Now we are into a New Year I have got myself motivated to send off three of my novels to different publishers to see if I can kick start my writing career.
So after doing a lot of editing "A Skylark Sings" has gone to two publishers in Australia, "Cloud Horses" is at Harper Legend (a digital spiritual in print of Harper Collins) and Solar Star is at Penguin. I have also sent off twelve short stories to short story competitions so I hope one wins a prize. Now I am continuing to write the tenth novel in my Solar Star novels.
MY SECOND NOVEL: KARMA NEUTRAL is now out in paperback and on all digital platforms.
GREAT NEWS!! My first paperback and eBook novel ‘Day Trips to Heaven’ was published in October 2014 and a second novel ‘Karma Neutral’ was published on November 1st 2015. Go to the NEWS page for more details.
On this site you will find out a little more about me and a lot more about my writing career, including the novel I have on Kindle, the teen/SF novel ‘Trust Me’. number www.amazon.co.uk/dp/BOOBEJONHM
Under the heading of Novels you will find the first chapter of this book and excerpts of other novels and short stories that I hope you will enjoy. Please visit this site again to see more excerpts and information about new work.
If you have any comments about my writing or would like to contact me please use the form below. Thank you.
October 2017. GREAT NEWS. Finally after 12 months of sending out novels to different publishers I have some brilliant news. Austin Macauley have given me a contract so they can publish "A Skylark sings" in 2018. I was so surprised when this came through the post I almost didn't believe it but it is real!!. They are in the big league with offices in London, New York and other major cities in the world and they have a dedicated marketing and promoting department so this time the novel might have a good chance of selling. I am now filling in a author questionnaire and then we get down to editing. Amazing!!!
2007
Still writing "The Skull Ship" the tenth Solar Star novel between writing more short stories and entering them for competitions but so far no luck.
Good news the new article has come out in April edition of the magazine "Two Worlds" Check it out!!
Now we are into a New Year I have got myself motivated to send off three of my novels to different publishers to see if I can kick start my writing career.
So after doing a lot of editing "A Skylark Sings" has gone to two publishers in Australia, "Cloud Horses" is at Harper Legend (a digital spiritual in print of Harper Collins) and Solar Star is at Penguin. I have also sent off twelve short stories to short story competitions so I hope one wins a prize. Now I am continuing to write the tenth novel in my Solar Star novels.
MY SECOND NOVEL: KARMA NEUTRAL is now out in paperback and on all digital platforms.
GREAT NEWS!! My first paperback and eBook novel ‘Day Trips to Heaven’ was published in October 2014 and a second novel ‘Karma Neutral’ was published on November 1st 2015. Go to the NEWS page for more details.
On this site you will find out a little more about me and a lot more about my writing career, including the novel I have on Kindle, the teen/SF novel ‘Trust Me’. number www.amazon.co.uk/dp/BOOBEJONHM
Under the heading of Novels you will find the first chapter of this book and excerpts of other novels and short stories that I hope you will enjoy. Please visit this site again to see more excerpts and information about new work.
If you have any comments about my writing or would like to contact me please use the form below. Thank you.