by Jack Barrow | Jul 31, 2018 | Publishing, Travelogue, Writing
Since my visit to a publisher a few weeks ago (no names, no pack drill) things have been moving along nicely. They are in the process of costing In SatNav We Trust and working out stuff to do with numbers, I guess numbers of pages, numbers of copies, numbers of...
by Jack Barrow | Jul 18, 2018 | Publishing, Travelogue, Writing
Today I had a great meeting with a new publisher. (I also had a nice steak and a pint in a proper London pub, nearly ended up in the canal because of a cyclist but you have to read to the end to see where that fits in.) Those of you in the know, and you know who you...
by Jack Barrow | Nov 2, 2012 | Media, Publishing, reviews, Writing
Okay so I have a dilemma. I’ve been in touch with a magazine asking if they would like a review copy of The Hidden Masters and the Unspeakable Evil. They have written back asking that in return I support their magazine by buying some advertising. (No names no...
by Jack Barrow | Oct 27, 2012 | Fiction, Occult, Pagan, Paganism, Publishing, reviews, Writing
I once had a conversation with a guy who runs a small press who told me that reviews make no difference to sales. I can’t remember the exact details but his experience was that a book had received a good review in a wide circulation magazine and he’d...
by Jack Barrow | Sep 23, 2011 | Social Media, Writing
As a struggling author, relying on word of mouth to get people to hear about my work, I’ve been counting on the opportunity to get some key people (people who are in my target demographic and have lots of friends) to ‘like’ my Jack Barrow page. The idea is that people...
