Recent content by God's dad

Hi all, many thanks again for your help and encouragement. I've decided not to go self-published after all, just need to get over myself and accept advice from more experienced people in the publishing world. Anyway, my novella, Rhubarb and Aliens, is now available on Amazon...

I've actually been working off and on at seven books over the years, two totally complete, two more close to complete, and three more on the back-burner. So very sorry to burden you with my woes, I will try to take more interest in other people's work when I've recovered a bit from seeing it...

Many thanks Barbara, your kind and helpful comments are like a balm at a time when I feel ridiculously vulnerable - I will get over it, or at least keep writing :) Actually, I've recently completed another book (but stalled on a third for now).

Many thanks yet again Kitty, I'm struggling not to cry now. I must and will continue writing (at least when I recover a bit). And I also must and will spend more time on Litopia. Bless you to bits :)

My brief buckle was on the phone, when I was scared of losing everything I've worked for for years, but should have known that I could never be happy about it - now it's either self-publishing or some last-minute turnaround by my publisher (or faint chance of someone else coming to the rescue).

Hi Katie-Ellen, I did indeed see the final proof, it's in front of me now - it was and is that final proof that shocked me so much - we didn't agree or discuss the many changes that suddenly appeared it the proof, and I simply cannot sign-off to it. I did briefly buckle due to being concerned...

Hi Kitty, I'm a little reluctant to say any more until my partially irrational rage has settled down and/or my (erstwhile?) publisher responds. That said, I've been in touch with Authorhouse with a view to self-publishing, which is not what I want but better than nothing.

Many thanks all, especially Kitty - unfortunately I have spent the last two weeks or so feeling enraged by the completely unexpected changes - and sadly bit back today with two enraged emails that neither I or my publisher are ever likely to recover from :(

Many thanks AliG and Emurelda - unfortunately there were no discussions about the changes until after they were made, and then nothing I said made the slightest difference to the published version, so I'm pulling out ASAP so as to self-publish my follow-up books.

Hi all - does anyone know a friendly literary agent? I've not looked into it because I stumbled upon a publisher and thought I didn't need a literary agent, but have since discovered that I am far too emotional to have a rational discussion about my work when others want to change it. I guess...

Published at last!

Woohoo - the same publishers want my full-length novel 'Geeks and Gladiators'!

Hi all, I ought to say that I was a member of Litopia a few years ago (by the username of 42) but gave up on writing following lots of rejections and a nasty illness. The book I'm to have published (by Strand Publishing) is a novella called Rhubarb and Aliens, and is the first of a series of...

Hello, I signed my first publishing contract yesterday, so thought I'd pop in here to see what's what before signing any more.