Tag Archives: writing

#67 Preparing for the World Cup

Posted on June 10, 2018 by M J Dees

It’s that time in the four year cycle where hopes begin unreasonably to rise based on performances in meaningless friendlies. Hopes that will ultimately dashed by the injustice of penalties or ridiculous offside decisions. With three round one games per … Continue reading →

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#66 Swimming at SESC

Posted on June 3, 2018 by M J Dees

I have been thinking it’s about time to add number 12 to the list of the Top ten best things about living in Sao Paulo. Number 12 is SESC, a network of leisure and cultural centres funded by the private sector. … Continue reading →

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#56 The day before the launch

Posted on January 20, 2018 by M J Dees

As it is the day before the launch I have already prepared images, like the one above to go on my Facebook page. All the advertising on Facebook and Amazon is set up and ready to go. Book promotions have … Continue reading →

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#53 Preparing for a book launch

Posted on January 1, 2018 by M J Dees

Having given people the opportunity to choose the name of my next novel I have given them the opportunity to choose the cover and the blurb as well. I’m now building up a list of people who would like to … Continue reading →

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#47 Checking how many books I haven’t sold.

Posted on September 9, 2017 by M J Dees

The daily visits to kdp, createspace and draft2digital continue to see how many books I have, or haven’t sold.  Then I usually have a look at how my Amazon ads are doing. Facebook decided to reinstate my ad account with … Continue reading →

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#46 Checking how many books I’ve sold

Posted on August 31, 2017 by M J Dees

Once the book is released it is too tempting to keep going back to look to see how many I have sold. To do this I need to go to three web sites. KINDLE direct Publishing for the Kindle versions … Continue reading →

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#45 Preparing a book for launch

Posted on August 17, 2017 by M J Dees

I’m now about 5,000 words behind schedule on the word count for my fourth novel because I have been a bit consumed with preparing the launch of the first. The first thing I did was load the manuscript up to … Continue reading →

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#43 Plan the next novel

Posted on June 26, 2017 by M J Dees

  Although the first novel hasn’t been published yet (August 1st 2017 is the tentative release date) I am close to finishing the first rough draft of the third novel and so thoughts inevitably turn to the fourth which I … Continue reading →

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#42 Preparing the first novel to be published

Posted on June 22, 2017 by M J Dees

I’m rapidly approaching my first self-imposed deadline for the completion of my third novel so the first task of the day is to complete my self-imposed word count for that which is a painful process. I only hope that when … Continue reading →

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#40 More re-writing

Posted on May 3, 2017 by M J Dees

I am fortunate enough to have a handful of people to whom I can send my manuscripts and receive useful feedback of the kind that would cost me a lot of money if I hired a structural editor. The feedback … Continue reading →

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