Travel author Gerdette Rooney is presenting her book Womadic Wanders at Randwick Library
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3 harsh truths about publishing
We all have a secret dream of a life where we live wherever we want to in the world – on a beach, in a forest cabin, in the South of France – living a wonderful lifestyle funded by the books we write at our leisure. Sadly, it’s fiction.
When you buy a book, what influences your purchase?
What is it that influences you to purchase a book? For me, I like a cover that expresses what the story is about – if it’s a thriller, then the cover should convey that feeling to me. Some people need to know more about the story or know the author before making a decision. And others who read frequently, they buy books because they love to read.
Book marketing – love it or hate it?
Whenever I have spoken with other authors about marketing books, not many of us enjoy this process. We enjoy writing but abhor marketing our titles. For me, as a marketer and web content manager, I thought I would like the process of marketing. In reality, it’s a hard slog and if you want the rewards then you have to keep slogging away.
Everyone has a book inside them
Christopher Hitchens, an American journalist, is quoted as saying this during a conversation with colleagues. Hitchens was known for his sardonic wit. The whole quote (or something similar) is “Everyone has a book inside them, which is exactly where it should, I think, in most cases, remain.”
Our first sighting of Stromness
Our first sighting of Stromness, its rusting roofs and holding tanks hugging the distant shore below, was evocative of a bygone era folded into the pages of history books.
Author journey: Gerdette Rooney
Author Gerdette Rooney tells SelfPubAus about her self-publishing journey and the biggest challenge involved
Book launch: Womadic Wanders
Sydney-based Irish author Gerdette Rooney recently published her first book, Womadic Wanders: Stories of a compulsive traveller
All About NaNoWriMo
NaNoWriMo (“National Novel Writing Month”) is a global competition to write a 50,000 word novel in 30 days. Every November, hundreds of thousands of writers take part
Do you know your audience?
Many of us, while writing, have a particular reader or kind of reader in mind. But your imagined target market may not be who you think they are.