by Paul Stephenson | Dec 21, 2020 | Books, Self Publishing, Writing, Writing Chronicles
The cataclysmic shitstorm that has been 2020 makes the whole idea of a ‘look back’ blog post a bit of a pointless exercise, but I’m nothing if not committed – I’ve been doing these accountability posts for about a decade now, I think, and just because I’ve been stuck...
by Paul Stephenson | Jun 30, 2020 | Books, News, Self Publishing, Writing Chronicles
Like a lot of creatives, I’ve spent a lot of this global pandemic reassessing almost every aspect of what I do. I started off with a huge slab of enthusiasm that I was privileged enough to be able to hole up in my house with laptop in hand and spend the months...
by Paul Stephenson | Jan 1, 2020 | Books, Writing, Writing Chronicles
If you read my post from last decade (wow) you’ll know that I well and truly blew my goals for 2019, mostly due to the confluence of the year being a gigantic bastard and some other factors like me watching too much telly, apparently. But mainly the bastard thing. So,...
by Paul Stephenson | Dec 17, 2019 | Self Publishing, Writing, Writing Chronicles
Well, will you look at that? The end of the year has up and rolled around on us once more and all we’ve got to show for it is our brand-new shiny fascist government. Well, that’s how it feels, anyway. If you’re left-leaning (or left-horizontal like me) and British...
by Paul Stephenson | Nov 5, 2019 | Nanowrimo, Writing, Writing Chronicles
Here we go again. 30 days. 50,000 words. My eighth Nanowrimo. If you’re not familiar with the concept, National Novel Writing Month is a worldwide competition where people pit themselves against the calendar and try to write the first draft of a novel in a month. What...
by Paul Stephenson | Aug 12, 2019 | Blood on the Motorway, Books, News, Self Publishing, Writing Chronicles
That’s right, despite my fervent protestations back in January that I wouldn’t be tying myself to Amazon exclusively, I’m, well, I’m tying myself to Amazon, exclusively. For a bit, anyway. Call it an experiment.For at least the next 90 days, all three books in the...
