After the roller-coaster of emotions from my false dawn, it was back to the waiting game. I've researched and submitted to a fair few suitable publishers and now I have to be patient. Some of the publishers state that they will endeavour to respond within six months as they have a large amount of submissions … Continue reading The waiting game
Publishing offer declined
One morning at around six o’clock, I woke up before my alarm (damn this term-time body clock). As I had a good 20 minutes or so before I had to get up, I grabbed my phone and began looking at my emails. Suddenly, I had a knot in my stomach and I could feel my … Continue reading Publishing offer declined
Approaching book publishers
Finally, after months of hard work I had got my first book to a stage where I was happy with it and now it was time to try to get someone to publish it. My first action was to find out how the process works so I did what every modern person does today; I … Continue reading Approaching book publishers
Formatting fun
So the the pictures were drawn, the words were written and now it was time to construct the pages. I wanted to keep a picture book style with the artwork dominating each page, but I wanted to make sure my text was clear and easy to read. As usual, the process took longer than I … Continue reading Formatting fun
