
My Evolution - Lessons Learned in Self-Publishing
At the time of writing this, Nightfall has been available for around 270 days (not that I’m counting). Over the past nine months or so, I have learned some valuable lessons: Likes / Follows don’t equal sales As I mentioned previously, likes and follows do not translate into sales. Right now, I have about 95 likes on my Facebook page and around 600 followers on Twitter. How many of these clicks have equated to sales? To be honest, I have no idea. While I can say that many of t

The Big, Scary World - Nightfall Gets Released
So… Nightfall was published and ready to be loved. The world was soon to be my oyster. Getting the First Copy The moment had arrived. The moment I had waited for more than three years. From the blank page and the flickering cursor of Word through the endless hours researching, writing and editing. After all my work, it had finally happened. I finally had a copy of my book in my hands. I was sitting in a coffee shop on my lunch break, and wifey handed me the package that had a

Trusting Myself - Self Publishing
After several months of waiting and wondering, I decided that if no one else was going to take a punt on me, then I was damn sure I was going to take a punt on myself. It's important that I acknowledge the wifey. She knew I longed to write and publish a book. And she knew that I would forever regret it if I didn't. My goal, as mentioned elsewhere, was not to write the next Catcher in the Rye, Animal Farm or 1984. Rather, I just want to entertain, and wifey knew that. So she g