by Graeme Cumming | Jan 14, 2020 | Book Reviews, Fiction, Nostalgia, Publishing, Thinking Aloud |
In a recent blog post, I mentioned browsing in a second hand bookshop. I’ve picked up a few books there over the last couple of years – always picked something up while I was there. One of the last purchases was an impulse buy triggered by nostalgia. As a...
by Graeme Cumming | Dec 18, 2019 | Carrion, Publishing, Writing |
Never done this before. Not sure I should be doing it now, to be honest. But, in a moment of madness, yesterday I went public with the cover for my next book (I know – it’s been a long time coming…). The reason I have a doubt about whether to do it...
by Graeme Cumming | Jul 25, 2018 | Meetings, Publishing, Writing |
From someone who writes a blog – from someone who writes, full stop – the message here might seem strange. Writing, by its very nature, is a solitary pastime. It’s not the sort of thing to do while you’re chatting to the person at the next desk, or if other people are...
by Graeme Cumming | May 3, 2018 | Fiction, Publishing, Ravens Gathering |
When I was in the process of publishing Ravens Gathering in paperback, I wrote about Amazon’s pricing and discounting. If you’re not sure what discounting means, read the post. The bottom line for me, though, was that, to sell a paperback through Amazon, I have to...
by Graeme Cumming | Mar 20, 2017 | Publishing, Ravens Gathering, Writing |
In my previous post (which I’d recommend you read before going any further), I only started to provide a flavour of the event as I began to experience it. The friends I’d met up with had been almost unknown to me little more than 18 months earlier, and yet I do feel...
by Graeme Cumming | Mar 19, 2017 | Publishing, Writing |
This year is filled with change for me. The decision to sell my business and focus on writing is, in turns, scary and liberating. But it also underlines the need to take the writing seriously. Or, more accurately, the business of writing seriously. For that reason,...
