Drive to Nowhere is finished!

After more than a year, Drive to Nowhere, my first novel, is out there and available for purchase, warts and all. It's about a girl called Eeare Kindred, her friends and a mysterious and harrowing experience in the Australian wilderness.

Thanks go to Sean and Anne for their help in reading an earlier draft of the manuscript; their comments were extremely helpful.

I thought I'd start up a blog to tell people about the book and also about how the self-publishing process needn't be a chore. I highly recommend using Lulu to publish your books, as there's minimal outlay. By purchasing an ISBN from them you'll also be able to see your books sold at retail outlets worldwide like Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Tesco, WH Smith, Waterstone's, BOL and many more.

That's not the only thing you'll need to do, though. A lot of marketing is involved. You can tell your friends and family about the novel, but that's not enough. You will need to create a press release, and send that out, and basically scream about the book at the top of your lungs. You will need to get respected, positive reviews from people, too -- that's the bit I'm up to. Or you could just try and strike it lucky and hope random people come across your creation... so that's what this blog is going to be all about!