Tim Wood's Blog – August 2009 Archive (3)

Authors of fiction for the most part have a definite disadvantage when it comes to creatively marketing their work.





Speaking from personal experience I will be the first to admit that when I had completed my first book I thought that I had finally arrived... I was soon advised otherwise.



The Publishers and agents of today are people who deal strictly in what sells and makes money, long gone are the days when a book would be published because it has some moral… Continue

This particular novel started out life as a spoof on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice for the 2007 National writer’s month competition



However this work has turned out to be so successful in its own right that I have self published it on lulu.com.



The story revolves around Sir Thomas and Lady Ann Sterley the lord and lady of the manor of Oakland Park near the town of the fictional town of Notheringay Surry set in the years 1813-1816 this is a story of a family with… Continue

I have great ideas about writing I can write for hours on end about far away places and times, but when it comes to marketing I have to admit I am downright stumped.



It would seem like a form of writers block however it is not strictly the case it seems more like a case of not knowing how to blow ones trumpet.



Now I will be the first to admit that I am not a man without sin but blowing my trumpet is not one of my sins at least I don’t think so.



My greatest… Continue