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,...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 6, 2016 | Publishing, Writing |
In Ravens Gathering – The Paperback I made a plea: don’t order it from Amazon. This may seem perverse, especially as advance orders can help your rankings but, as I said then, each sale would cost me money. Which raises the question: why make it available on Amazon?...
by Graeme Cumming | Nov 4, 2016 | Publishing, Speaking |
It’s true. Graeme has been a bestselling author. To be fair, he doesn’t brag about it and, frankly, hardly anyone noticed. But he says it’s nice to be able to include it on his CV. More importantly, when he put together a talk exploring the modern world of publishing,...
