It'll Be OK On The Night

Added on 11 July 2008

Well, it's done at last. Book written, edited, copy edited, proof-read, converted to pdf, dispatched to the printer. Had to force myself to let go. Could have gone on endlessly, tinkering, correcting, changing. Finally made myself press send. One of the things which had been picked up in the copy ed...

YouTube

Added on 30 June 2008

As part of my extensive advertising budget, I spent a few hours at the weekend putting together a 35 second promo clip to put on YouTube. I may not have an advertising budget of a Harry Potter book, but I have a Mac and some sound effects... Click here to follow the YouTube link. I have the comments...

Economics Can Be Fun...

Added on 17 June 2008

Long Midnight Publishing being the multinational publishing giant that it is, I have been able to produce a flyer for Lost in Juarez, at costs of upwards of a hundred and twenty pounds. (Now there's a marketing budget to make HarperCollins and Transworld shake in their boots.) The bulk of the flyers...

Full cover

Added on 11 June 2008

Have the full cover back from the designer, which I really like. I was worried she might make it all snowy mountains and wisps of white on the back, so I asked that it be fairly sinister, and she nailed it. A great cover, with the groovy new Long Midnight logo on the spine. I'm more or less done wi...

Alternative Covers

Added on 15 May 2008

One of the advantages of being in charge of the entire publishing process, is being in control of the cover artwork. Most authors don't get that. Artwork is thrust upon them and they are persuaded that they like it. I currently use a Polish designer, and as she speaks no English, we communicate thro...