The Making of a Book
Mar 6
Smash all the Windows: the structural edit
The Making of a Book
In this week’s blog, I focus on the structural edit. It includes a contribution from my structural editor, Dan Holloway, the person Stephen Fry might have had in mind when he said, “We are not nouns, we are verbs.” “I am not a thing – an actor, a writer – I am a person who…
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Feb 27
Smash all the Windows: my cover design process
The Making of a Book
This week will be the first of a short series of posts about the production of Smash all the Windows. Its cover design has been attracting compliments, with many people wanting to know about my cover design process. One of the other huge joys of self-publishing is choosing how to present your work. Given that…
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