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Not Another Article on Self Publishing (it is, though)

There’s a lot of hype around self publishing at the moment, related at least in part to John Locke (an American author, not to be confused with the father of liberalism or the bald sociopath in Lost) becoming the first self-published author to sell a million e-books for the Kindle.  He’s put 9 titles out, the latest of which is How I Sold 1 million e-books in 5 months.  A cynical man, then…

If the internet is any judge, people have mixed feelings on self publishing.  This is because there’s a perception of it as a vanity project, as you’ve probably heard.  I’m not sure who specifically thinks that, but I’ve read several blog posts assuring me most people do, and explaining why they are wrong.  What a bold premise…

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That’s Not Writing, That’s Typing

Well, I’m impossibly busy writing book six (by which I mean avoiding writing it), so I simply don’t have the time to read everything on the internet.  Last night I watched Danny Dyer’s Deadliest Men instead of typing stuff up.  It’s OK though, cause they were in Edinburgh, so it was, like, research, cause this book is Scottish.  Plus Irvine Welsh was a talking head, and he’s a Scottish writer.

Anyway, that all smacks of excuse making, so here are some links to look at whilst I catch up with the last 40000 odd words.

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Bamboccioni Books

Sometimes when I’m not writing novels, I do short stories and flash fiction as well.  I’ve been doing this for as long as I can remember, not for any particular purpose or audience, and the stories pop up on my personal blog when you least expect it.

Anyway a few months ago, I got an email from a friend of a friend, asking if I’d write one for him.

“I’m part of a team of recent graduates who have interned at various UK publishers, but are struggling to break into the industry due to shortage of jobs and high number of applicants for few junior positions,” he explained.  That’s a story we all know by now…

Rather than give up, they decided to try their hand at small-scale publishing. The result is a company called Bamboccioni Books, and their first short story collection should be coming out next month.  And my story is going to be in it, in print and everything, which is rather exciting, although since OKing the proof I’ve thought of several changes I’d make if I was writing it again…  But such is life.

I’m not sure of the exact release date but will keep you posted.  In the meantime you should probably check out their website.

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A Day In The Life of Book Six

This has been a procrastinating sort of day.  I’ll tell you for why.
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Leith FM Interview

As promised, here is a link to my interview with Simon Fielding on Leith FM from last Friday.  It’s about 40 minutes long and is completely fascinating, so I urge you to make the time.  Unfortunately the last part (FAQs) is missing, but you’ll get the gist.

http://soundcloud.com/periwinklewine/leithfm

In other news, I’m still looking for stories from hacks, so if you want to help me out with book 6 leave a comment here or on facebook, or email ali.george85@yahoo.com.

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What I Did On My Weekend (by Ali, age 25)

Given that I’ve just had a long weekend off work, you might be forgiven for thinking that I would have caught up on book six.

Sorry to disappoint, but I huvnae.  I wrote about 5000 words, so wasn’t completely bone idle, but given that I’m supposed to be covering the Edinburgh International Film Festival for The Edinburgh Reporter over the next couple of weeks on top of work (and blogging, job applications, etc – you know the drill by now) it probably wasn’t the best way to go.

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