Jay Howard's Blog
March 4, 2013
Anthology for charity
woohoo! It's up to #80 in the anthologies on Amazon.co.uk :)
What is? This book of shorts:
that I have just published on behalf of Saluki Welfare Fund. 100% of royalties go to helping the dedicated volunteers who care for and find new loving homes for Salukis who have fallen on hard times. Hopefully there will be a steady flow of income for these beautiful sighthounds who have stolen my heart. A few dollars every week add up nicely over a year, so fingers crossed sales continue. It may not be a flood, but a steady drip can achieve amazing things - just think of stalactites and stalagmites.
What is? This book of shorts:
that I have just published on behalf of Saluki Welfare Fund. 100% of royalties go to helping the dedicated volunteers who care for and find new loving homes for Salukis who have fallen on hard times. Hopefully there will be a steady flow of income for these beautiful sighthounds who have stolen my heart. A few dollars every week add up nicely over a year, so fingers crossed sales continue. It may not be a flood, but a steady drip can achieve amazing things - just think of stalactites and stalagmites.
September 19, 2012
Now I'm nervous
My first novel, Never Too Late, is book 54 in the ARR thread.
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
This is very exciting, but also nerve-wracking. It's one thing to get reviews from people you don't know. It's quite another to get them from people you know on your favourite site. But there's a worse possibility. What if nobody wants to sign up to read and review it?
http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/1...
This is very exciting, but also nerve-wracking. It's one thing to get reviews from people you don't know. It's quite another to get them from people you know on your favourite site. But there's a worse possibility. What if nobody wants to sign up to read and review it?
August 24, 2012
How come?
I've written 2 novels now, and each time the hardest bit has been the shortest bit - the blurb. What I need now is feedback. Does this work? Would it attract readers? Believe me, it's the best of the bunch after dozens of tries, but I'm not convinced that I've nailed it.
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Life is busy in the small village of Holmsford as Christmas approaches. Residents old and new gear up for the celebrations, but not everything goes to plan. Secrets and sleigh rides, new love and heartache all get mixed in the festive pot.
Maggie and Iain have built a better relationship since his infidelities were exposed, but she’s sure there’s still something important he’s not telling her. Their son and his wife are living their dream on their market garden, but what of their daughter, Chloe? She’s still trying to start her own company, and wants to find her own special partner. Her methods aren’t always what Maggie would approve of, and the bombshell she drops in her mother’s lap nearly blows the family apart.
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Life is busy in the small village of Holmsford as Christmas approaches. Residents old and new gear up for the celebrations, but not everything goes to plan. Secrets and sleigh rides, new love and heartache all get mixed in the festive pot.
Maggie and Iain have built a better relationship since his infidelities were exposed, but she’s sure there’s still something important he’s not telling her. Their son and his wife are living their dream on their market garden, but what of their daughter, Chloe? She’s still trying to start her own company, and wants to find her own special partner. Her methods aren’t always what Maggie would approve of, and the bombshell she drops in her mother’s lap nearly blows the family apart.
August 6, 2012
What a week!
I'm so excited - my closest writing buddy, Ali Isaac, has finally plucked up courage and published book 1 of her trilogy, The Tir Na Nog. It's called The Four Treasures of Eirean and if you loved Narnia you'll love this.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Treasure...
On a personal note, I've finished the first draft of the sequel to Never Too Late. It's called New Beginnings and I can finally start believing I will get it published soon. OK, it won't be early summer as I first hoped (!) but it will be this year.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Four-Treasure...
On a personal note, I've finished the first draft of the sequel to Never Too Late. It's called New Beginnings and I can finally start believing I will get it published soon. OK, it won't be early summer as I first hoped (!) but it will be this year.
