Hi David. Thanks for you comment. I've actually written quite a bit about self-publishing my first novel in my early Substack posts. They also reveal how I landed with McClellend & Stewart where I've happily been for all eight novels and a ninth due out in August. You may not have seen them if you signed up more recently to my newsletter or have only read them in your email inbox and not on my Substack site. You may want to read the following posts:
The covers certainly matter but they don’t always mean what you intended when it was designed. The cover of my novel, ‘The Treasure of Stella Bay’ – a story about a twelve-year-old boy growing up in small town Ontario in the 1960s – depicts a kid in a small motor boat; the book is not a YA but for adults who once were twelve. Oh well.
But, while the cover is important I sometimes think the spine is more so. After all, most books are squeezed into some shelf of a bookstore practically invisible to the the book browser.
Hi, Terry> I would be interested in the story behind the self-publishing of your first novel. How many publishers rejected your manuscript? What were their comments? Why did you decide to self-publish? What was the process of self-publishing? What services did you decide to buy? How did your current publisher contact you and what did they propose? Some answers may be obvious. You could probably write a book about this subject or perhaps a column or two. I hope you consider a response to all these impertinent questions from a former journalist. Thanks.
This was sooooo interesting!
The story behind the cover story. Fascinating!
An excellent blow by blow account of Covergate, Terry. In my own small way, I am struggling with this same issue. Heaven knows what comes next.
Hi David. Thanks for you comment. I've actually written quite a bit about self-publishing my first novel in my early Substack posts. They also reveal how I landed with McClellend & Stewart where I've happily been for all eight novels and a ninth due out in August. You may not have seen them if you signed up more recently to my newsletter or have only read them in your email inbox and not on my Substack site. You may want to read the following posts:
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/but-how-do-i-write-a-novel
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/striking-out-with-the-publishing
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/a-book-making-its-way
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/my-leacock-shock
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/post-leacock-a-whole-new-world
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/canada-reads-2011
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/what-a-tv-miniseries
https://terryfallis.substack.com/p/and-a-stage-musical-too
I love hearing the stories behind the covers! And I love the clean look of your book covers.
The covers certainly matter but they don’t always mean what you intended when it was designed. The cover of my novel, ‘The Treasure of Stella Bay’ – a story about a twelve-year-old boy growing up in small town Ontario in the 1960s – depicts a kid in a small motor boat; the book is not a YA but for adults who once were twelve. Oh well.
But, while the cover is important I sometimes think the spine is more so. After all, most books are squeezed into some shelf of a bookstore practically invisible to the the book browser.
Hi, Terry> I would be interested in the story behind the self-publishing of your first novel. How many publishers rejected your manuscript? What were their comments? Why did you decide to self-publish? What was the process of self-publishing? What services did you decide to buy? How did your current publisher contact you and what did they propose? Some answers may be obvious. You could probably write a book about this subject or perhaps a column or two. I hope you consider a response to all these impertinent questions from a former journalist. Thanks.
Sorry David, I answered your question in a separate thread above rather than here where I should have responded. Thanks.