Monthly Archives: September 2025

I can’t even blame self-publishing for this – even when I traditionally published my first book, the publisher didn’t do all that much promotion. So all the stuff I’m doing now, I should probably have done. (For comparison, the current … Continue reading →

I was going to write, “My book has reached its first milestone,” but it’s not really that, is it? There were so many: enough words written to know I’d be able to do this book thing; halfway through; first draft … Continue reading →

I had the most exciting thing happen today. I woke up, checked my Amazon book sales page the way I used to check work email in the morning back before I retired, and found I’d sold something like 12 books … Continue reading →

At Home in Percival (henceforth, AHIP): 23 ratings on Amazon so far! I don’t know why, but somehow 20 felt like a threshold. I don’t know if there’s a tipping point where Amazon starts to recommend your book to readers … Continue reading →