Monthly Archives July 2010

Board Migration

July 8, 2010 Uncategorized

After an interesting technical issue with nabble, I have moved the forum to Proboards. The new forum is at:http://vhfolland.proboards.comUnfortunately content and threads were lost due to the glitch. I have migrated the remaining content, but if you have a question or comment that has not made it across, please visit the new boards and repost.The nabble forum will be deleted shortly to avoid confusion or misuse.

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A brief interview

July 7, 2010 Uncategorized

I've just done a brief interview at whohub:http://www.whohub.com/vhfollandI'm also in the middle of an interview for solelyfictional.org about my self published writing from the nineties. I'm not sure how relevant my experiences back then (photocopiers and combbinders) still are in the age of Lulu and Createspace, but it is part of a series. Comparing notes with other writers is always interesting.

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The current situation

July 7, 2010 Publishing

Because things have moved very fast, I was looking back through the blog and realised this is the one place where I haven't covered what happened. To clarify the timeline of events, here is a quick summary:I got a book deal from Bewrite at end of April/start of MayFirestorm went through the editing process to final galley in May and June.I started marketing in June, getting requests for ARCs and galleys.June 22nd the book was released by Bewrite, with the suggestion I should find a full print publisher, not P.O.D.June 23rd Discussions occurred with a mainstream publishing house, resulting in a request for the full manuscript.June 24th The manuscript was sent out, with a suggested response in four weeks.Rather than put all my eggs in one basket, I also looked into self-publishing but

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An anthology and still waiting.

July 5, 2010 Firestorm

Three weeks to wait until I hear back from the publisher, and not much else I can do on the novel itself until then. Meanwhile I've started getting my short stories into an anthology. If I end up self publishing, I'll give it a limited release through the website on POD and e-book to accompany the novel. Done that way it won't cost very much, and it's a useful way to boost the novel. However, this won't be released for a few weeks yet, since I've got to sort out cover art and either beg a favour from an artist or dive into iStockPhoto for raw materials. I'm also holding off for three weeks as I'm not sure whether releasing it would affect whether the publisher would be willing to pick up Firestorm.

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