Ask the Author: David Bush
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David Bush
Please send the pdf of your book to
david.p.busuttil@gov.mt
I should read it this week.
david.p.busuttil@gov.mt
I should read it this week.
David Bush
Sure, no problem. Send the pdf to the following email address,
david.p.busuttil@gov.mt.
I'll go through it when I can. I'd be happy to help.
Regards,
David
david.p.busuttil@gov.mt.
I'll go through it when I can. I'd be happy to help.
Regards,
David
David Bush
Sorry for the delay in answering, Kelly. Regarding reviews, I think your best bet is Pubby.co. Take it from a disillusioned sceptic like me who has made plenty of mistakes in this publishing/marketing business and has fallen for loss making scams. Forget about net galley or hidden gems. With Pubby you get value for money and it's perfectly compliant with amazon's policies. The reviews come from fellow authors and they're done anonymously. I've already garnered 20 reviews in just three weeks, with three more in the pipeline. I'm still enrolled in it and I consider it one of my few marketing successes. I would recommend it to you. If anything you could try it out free, gathering about seven reviews, then take it from there. You'd have to do plenty of reading though.
Regarding the trilogy, The three books are not connected. The common denominator is that they are intended to be read by my great-nephew at different ages. Also, my nephew's namesake shows up in each novel as a secondary protagonist and in a completely different setting. I wrote the draft of the first book in one weekend. I wrote the first draft of the second book in the following weekend. I happened to have a rare free fortnight with the house to myself, as everyone else was abroad. Thereafter, I worked on both books concurrently. The second book proceeded smoothly and ironically saw the light of day before the first one. I got stuck, and am still stuck with the first one, as I have been let down by the illustrator. I've already gone through four illustrators so far. I need forty illustrations but I only have 10 so far, even though the text of the manuscript is done and itching to be published.
Wishing you the best of luck with your venture,
David
Regarding the trilogy, The three books are not connected. The common denominator is that they are intended to be read by my great-nephew at different ages. Also, my nephew's namesake shows up in each novel as a secondary protagonist and in a completely different setting. I wrote the draft of the first book in one weekend. I wrote the first draft of the second book in the following weekend. I happened to have a rare free fortnight with the house to myself, as everyone else was abroad. Thereafter, I worked on both books concurrently. The second book proceeded smoothly and ironically saw the light of day before the first one. I got stuck, and am still stuck with the first one, as I have been let down by the illustrator. I've already gone through four illustrators so far. I need forty illustrations but I only have 10 so far, even though the text of the manuscript is done and itching to be published.
Wishing you the best of luck with your venture,
David
David Bush
Don't take yourself too seriously. Let go , give it up and relax. Concentrate on some other work. After a period of washout be it days, weeks or months, you will then know when the urge to revisit the blocked work beckons. The work has to come to you not the other way round. When you think you're ready for it , then heed the work's call.
David Bush
Mrs Goodhope finally caught a glimpse of her long missing son; she squealed with joy and ran with arms open to hug him. She tripped and fell against a hard edge breaking her neck in the process.
David Bush
Herman Wouk- The Winds of War
Herman Wouk- War and Rememberance
Thomas Mann- The Buddenbrooks
Susan Howatch- Penmarric
Thomas B. Costain- The Tontine
Emile Zola- The Beast Within
Arnold Bennett- The Old Wives' Tale
Isaac Bashevi Singer- The Magician of Lublin
Thomas Hardy- Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy- The Return of the Native
Zoe Oldenbourg- The Cornerstone
Edward Rutherford- London
Edward Rutherford- New York
Rodney Stark- Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of anti-Catholic History
Mark Twain- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Tomasi di Lampedusa- The Leopard
Herman Wouk- War and Rememberance
Thomas Mann- The Buddenbrooks
Susan Howatch- Penmarric
Thomas B. Costain- The Tontine
Emile Zola- The Beast Within
Arnold Bennett- The Old Wives' Tale
Isaac Bashevi Singer- The Magician of Lublin
Thomas Hardy- Jude the Obscure
Thomas Hardy- The Return of the Native
Zoe Oldenbourg- The Cornerstone
Edward Rutherford- London
Edward Rutherford- New York
Rodney Stark- Bearing False Witness: Debunking Centuries of anti-Catholic History
Mark Twain- Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc
Tomasi di Lampedusa- The Leopard
David Bush
I am under no illusions. I am not a professional writer. I have been rejected by many agents and bloggers.I had no other option but self-publishing. There is an inherent, subconscious bias against self-publishing works that is widespread. Self-publishing can become a money pit. Promotion is expensive. My experience is unlikely to be any different from the 90% of self-publishers who never make an significant impact no matter how good the work is. I may sell only a handful of copies. I may make a huge financial loss (There are scams aplenty out there) but I still did it. I did it for my nephews so they'll have something tangible to remember me with after I leave them for a better world. I did it because I wanted to do something different, something I always wanted to do. I did it to escape from the stress, monotony and ennui of the medical milieu. I did it to cultivate my passion for literature and to have had the satisfaction of leaving a favourable impression on at least one reader. What is certain is that I did not do it for moneny, for fame or for success. My expectations are more modest than that.
David Bush
We all have a creative streak within us.Ideas constantly brew within us below the surface. They are trying to emerge but cannot.More and more ideas build up as does the tension. Ultimately, putting those ideas to paper becomes a cathartic experience. Giving vent to that innate creativity is an extremely gratifying moment.
David Bush
Definitely to the time of the British Catholic literary revival inspired by Cardinal Neuman. The epicenter was GK. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc and it was co-ordinated by Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward. It spawned great writers like Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, CS. Lewis, Christopher Dawson, JRR Tolkien, Muriel Spark and many others. It also influenced the secular genius of George Orwell and Aldous Huxley. This Catholic revival was mirrored on the other side of the Channel by the emergence of Francouis Mauriac, Victor Hugo,George Bernanos, Charles Peguy,Andre Gide, Albert Camus, Julien Green and others, including the secular Emile Zola. Zola won the Nobel prize three times.Mauriac beat Thomas Hardy to the Nobel prize and Camus was also a Laureate. It was a very rich literary period. They all followed in the tradition of Charles Dickens who used his pen to highlight abuses in the Victorian age. This literary movement went one step futher.They not only highlighted the moral decline of the age. They also identified its cause and presented solutions.In one sentence, the renewal had to happen within each and everyone of us, if the world was to be renewed.
David Bush
It is a cross between "Animal Farm" and "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe". Not by virtue of the fact that it centers around humanized animals interacting with humans. Rather, like Orwell's opus it is a parody of political history throughout the ages.It is also an allegorial tale expounding on transcendal issues in the same vein as CS. Lewis' novel.
David Bush
I am now concentrating on the first book of the Jack trilogy " The Joyous Adventures of Whizzojack". It is an illustrated chapter book for early readers (5-8 years). The text has long been ready. I have been held up by delays with the forty full page illustrations. I expect the book to go live in October/November 2020.
David Bush
For three reasons.
1. My nephews.
2. I am a DIY enthusiast for any type of job.
3. I try to nurture a lifelong love of literature.
I spend more time with my two nephews Jack and Luke. Jack is five years old and he has inspired me to write a novel."General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms" is the second book of the Jack trilogy in which my nephew becomes a protagonist in the plot. This book is intended for middle grade readers. The trilogy-in-making was written for the protagonist's real life namesake Jack, to be read by him at different ages. At his tender age he has already developed an interest in narrating and listening to stories. I am of the opinion that there is no better way to ignite a love of literature in a child other than with an in-house self-published work. This arduous DIY undertaking was a labour of love from beginning to end.
1. My nephews.
2. I am a DIY enthusiast for any type of job.
3. I try to nurture a lifelong love of literature.
I spend more time with my two nephews Jack and Luke. Jack is five years old and he has inspired me to write a novel."General Jack and the Battle of the Five Kingdoms" is the second book of the Jack trilogy in which my nephew becomes a protagonist in the plot. This book is intended for middle grade readers. The trilogy-in-making was written for the protagonist's real life namesake Jack, to be read by him at different ages. At his tender age he has already developed an interest in narrating and listening to stories. I am of the opinion that there is no better way to ignite a love of literature in a child other than with an in-house self-published work. This arduous DIY undertaking was a labour of love from beginning to end.
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