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November 10, 2021
Free promotion
So, Pigs Can Fly! by Kelvin Smith is free until November 14, so that parents can check it out in time to buy the paperback for Christmas - a perfect little stocking-filler.
So, Pigs Can Fly! by Kelvin Smith
So, Pigs Can Fly! by Kelvin Smith
October 14, 2021
Mysteria
Mysteria: A book of spooky and fantastic tales is currently FREE until October 17 and
September 18, 2021
The Gin Queens
Just to let you know 'The Gin Queens' is now free and until September 22.
September 9, 2021
Free for 5 days
Short and Tall is currently free until September 12. This is a children's story book of 9 fantasy tales.
July 25, 2021
From David Hayes, deceased
From Dave Hayes: Talking to Myself - Part 1
What I Have Learned so far
Anyone can write a book. You don't have to be intelligent. I am living proof of this as I have written four. You pop along to Amazon and upload your finished manuscript that has been formatted in the correct manner and voila, Robert is your father's brother. You have a book. If you have dodgy grammar and punctuation (guilty) then it would be better if you got someone to proofread it first. It's an added expense, but worth it in the long run, especially if you struggle with such things as there, their and they're.
Don't worry about the subject matter. If you want to write a book about the degradation of paint on Russian made tractors from 1970 to the present day, go for it. You are a self-published author. Whatever falls from your mind is all yours. It is a wonderful and exciting world and you are amongst millions of other brothers and sisters penning books and launching them into the world.
So, there we have it. Publishing a book is very possible and fairly straightforward. Selling it is an entirely different matter.
The sad fact of the matter is that the public are bombarded from all angles with entertainment. Hundreds of TV channels, YouTube, Social Media, movie downloads, you name it. Why on earth should they take a risk with their hard earned and depleted cash reserves AND their leisure time to buy something a complete unknown has written? The short answer is, they usually won't.
The world is celebrity driven. We take our lead from people who we have set up (either consciously or subconsciously) as our arbiters of taste. The simple matter is a book is like a box of cornflakes. If you buy from Kellogg's you know exactly what you are getting. If you buy a brand that has been imported, in an own-brand box from a small, European country with the writing in a foreign language, you are taking a chance. Past experience tells us that these are at best OK, but not as good as the real thing. There's your first lesson. You are not as good as the real thing. You are an amateur. 'Oh, but hang on, J.K. Rowling started off as an amateur too, and look at her now' I hear you say - and you would be completely correct. She got lucky. VERY lucky, and managed to find an actual publisher who took a chance on her. Had she been a self-publisher I am guessing that no one would have heard of dear old Harry Potter (except a handful of nerdy friends).
So why bother? The answer to that is as simple as the question. Why not? As long as you manage your expectations (I didn't) and just want a pretty little book that sits proudly on your bookshelves, and maybe those of your friends, then where's the harm? There are worse hobbies. If you are lucky, a few strangers will accidentally discover your book and say nice things about it. Always a thrill when that happens.
I have no plans to write any more books. I have neither the time nor inclination. I have killed enough trees in the name of vanity. If I do break cover and write anything else it will be in digital format only. Far more green and conservation-minded. Part 2 will arrive as time dictates and I can be arsed writing it.
What I Have Learned so far
Anyone can write a book. You don't have to be intelligent. I am living proof of this as I have written four. You pop along to Amazon and upload your finished manuscript that has been formatted in the correct manner and voila, Robert is your father's brother. You have a book. If you have dodgy grammar and punctuation (guilty) then it would be better if you got someone to proofread it first. It's an added expense, but worth it in the long run, especially if you struggle with such things as there, their and they're.
Don't worry about the subject matter. If you want to write a book about the degradation of paint on Russian made tractors from 1970 to the present day, go for it. You are a self-published author. Whatever falls from your mind is all yours. It is a wonderful and exciting world and you are amongst millions of other brothers and sisters penning books and launching them into the world.
So, there we have it. Publishing a book is very possible and fairly straightforward. Selling it is an entirely different matter.
The sad fact of the matter is that the public are bombarded from all angles with entertainment. Hundreds of TV channels, YouTube, Social Media, movie downloads, you name it. Why on earth should they take a risk with their hard earned and depleted cash reserves AND their leisure time to buy something a complete unknown has written? The short answer is, they usually won't.
The world is celebrity driven. We take our lead from people who we have set up (either consciously or subconsciously) as our arbiters of taste. The simple matter is a book is like a box of cornflakes. If you buy from Kellogg's you know exactly what you are getting. If you buy a brand that has been imported, in an own-brand box from a small, European country with the writing in a foreign language, you are taking a chance. Past experience tells us that these are at best OK, but not as good as the real thing. There's your first lesson. You are not as good as the real thing. You are an amateur. 'Oh, but hang on, J.K. Rowling started off as an amateur too, and look at her now' I hear you say - and you would be completely correct. She got lucky. VERY lucky, and managed to find an actual publisher who took a chance on her. Had she been a self-publisher I am guessing that no one would have heard of dear old Harry Potter (except a handful of nerdy friends).
So why bother? The answer to that is as simple as the question. Why not? As long as you manage your expectations (I didn't) and just want a pretty little book that sits proudly on your bookshelves, and maybe those of your friends, then where's the harm? There are worse hobbies. If you are lucky, a few strangers will accidentally discover your book and say nice things about it. Always a thrill when that happens.
I have no plans to write any more books. I have neither the time nor inclination. I have killed enough trees in the name of vanity. If I do break cover and write anything else it will be in digital format only. Far more green and conservation-minded. Part 2 will arrive as time dictates and I can be arsed writing it.
July 24, 2021
Hot 'n' Cold: Poems
Just to remind readers: just 2 days to go before drawing winners for this amazing book.
Currently running a giveaway for Hot 'n' Cold: Poems, Lyrics and Rhymes until August 10th. All you have to do is post your email address or phone number on the contact form on my website:
Only then will we contact you to get your postal address.
Winners will be drawn on August 10th
Currently running a giveaway for Hot 'n' Cold: Poems, Lyrics and Rhymes until August 10th. All you have to do is post your email address or phone number on the contact form on my website:
Only then will we contact you to get your postal address.
Winners will be drawn on August 10th
July 23, 2021
Hot 'n' Cold: Poems
Free to enter this prize giveaway to win one of 3 copies of Hot ‘n� Cold: Poems... by Kelvin Smith.
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All you have to do is put your email address or phone number on the contact form on my website Or you can message me on Facebook: Bernie Morris or Bronwyn Editions.
Only then will we contact the winners to get your postal address.
Winners will be drawn on August 10th.�
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All you have to do is put your email address or phone number on the contact form on my website Or you can message me on Facebook: Bernie Morris or Bronwyn Editions.
Only then will we contact the winners to get your postal address.
Winners will be drawn on August 10th.�
#Amazon
July 14, 2021
Free for 5 days
Starting Wednesday July 14, this book will be free for 5 days. Hot 'n' Cold: Poems, Lyrics and Rhymes
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July 1, 2021
Lockdown 2020: 5 Minute Poems
Free to enter this prize giveaway to win one of 3 copies of Lockdown 2020: 5 Minute Poems by Chris Mark Thomson.
All you have to do is put your email address or phone number on the contact form on my website Or you can message me on Facebook: Bernie Morris or Bronwyn Editions.
Only then will we contact the winners to get your postal address.
Winners will be drawn on July 19th.�
All you have to do is put your email address or phone number on the contact form on my website Or you can message me on Facebook: Bernie Morris or Bronwyn Editions.
Only then will we contact the winners to get your postal address.
Winners will be drawn on July 19th.�
June 9, 2021
countdown deal
Lockdown 2020: 5 Minute Poems 'Lockdown 2020: 5 Minute Poems' is £0.99 or $0.99 from June 8th to 15th ... -
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Born 1946 so I guess that makes me ancient. Never thought of writing until I read 'Jennie' by Paul Gallico, aged 12. Only wrote poems at first in my schooldays and did so for several years after until
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