Now that I have come back down to earth and am beginning to think straight again, I'd like to share my news of success in the published author category in the Children's and Young Adults conference competition in Brisbane last weekend.
My YA novel, 'Phoenix' was awarded second place! It's such... more

Now that I have come back down to earth and am beginning to think straight again, I'd like to share my news of success in the published author category in the Children's and Young Adults conference competition in Brisbane last weekend.
My YA novel, 'Phoenix' was awarded second place! It's such a buzz to think that other people enjoy my writing.

Hi Ali, thanks so much for such a great comment, Yes I am new, I only showed my art on a few websites in january last year, its been unbelievable, a few months back I joined another free web site in the hope of selling some of my art and out of the blue this book offer came, I am still in total shoc... more

Hi Ali, thanks so much for such a great comment, Yes I am new, I only showed my art on a few websites in january last year, its been unbelievable, a few months back I joined another free web site in the hope of selling some of my art and out of the blue this book offer came, I am still in total shock and scared to death hehe they even got me doing poems, a thing I have never tried before and blown away that they like them, but at the end of the day, this book may not sale so I have still got to make a living lol I am impressed so much with jacketflap and hoping that maybe some writers wil want some of my art to go onto their precious written pieces. again I thank you for liking some of my art, sadly on here I can only show a few pieces, on my redbubble site I have hundreds lol dawn,bristol,uk

Hi Ali
Do stop by when you have a moment to check out our free book marketing tool - BookBuzzr. (www.bookbuzzr.com)
BookBuzzr is a page-flipping application that is more suited for marketing books online. BookBuzzr comes with the built-in ability to share your book-extract on o... more

Hi Ali

Do stop by when you have a moment to check out our free book marketing tool - BookBuzzr. (www.bookbuzzr.com)

BookBuzzr is a page-flipping application that is more suited for marketing books online. BookBuzzr comes with the built-in ability to share your book-extract on over 60 social networking and bookmarking sites such as Facebook, Orkut, MySpace, Digg, Delicious etc.

We'd love it if you'd take a look at our tool and share your thoughts.

Cheers
[email protected]

I don't know whether to laugh ot cry! I've just had the most amazing letter from a publisher telling me that my story is hilarious, reads well for the 8+ market for which it is intended, is a joyous romp of a fantasy which pushes imagination boundaries, and a most original and thought provoking prop... more

I don't know whether to laugh ot cry! I've just had the most amazing letter from a publisher telling me that my story is hilarious, reads well for the 8+ market for which it is intended, is a joyous romp of a fantasy which pushes imagination boundaries, and a most original and thought provoking proposal. It also mentions that it is hard to find writers like me who are so confident and understand the genre.
I think I could have touched the ceiling, I jumped so high! Yet, the bit that made me sad is that the answer was a 'no' to publication. Oh, the ups and downs of a writer's life!

You're right - sometimes those characters lead , you follow and you're on a role. That means your right and left brain hemispheres are in perfect co-ordination! It's a very rainy day here so I'm going to get focused on my current story. I was going to go to to the gym first - mmmm, maybe it's too we... more

You're right - sometimes those characters lead , you follow and you're on a role. That means your right and left brain hemispheres are in perfect co-ordination! It's a very rainy day here so I'm going to get focused on my current story. I was going to go to to the gym first - mmmm, maybe it's too wet ... god, I'm slack! S :)