Wow it's hot!!! - Author Q&A

So it is currently twenty five degrees here in the Highlands of Scotland and some would say this is freak weather and they would be right, but it is certainly nice to be outside with the laptop writing my blog entry and keeping you all up to speed with how things are going on.

The new book is going well and I am keeping people up to date with Facebook and Twitter, I will include my usernames in the bottom of this blog entry. Word count is currently at 7,600 and there is still so much story left to write, I recently spoke to a friend of mine recently about the new book as I am looking for someone to design a cover for me for the new novel and he asked me a series of questions which I thought were quite good and would share with you now.

What would the final word count be like?

The final word count of a novel would be around the 50,000 word mark but of course could be a lot less or lot more depending on how the long the story is and the amount of detail that gets put in it. I estimate currently that the new novel would be around the 30,000 word point, but of course these things change.

Is there a sequel planned?

I was quite shocked by this question, I hadn't even finished writing the first book and was being asked if there was going to be a sequel. The answer to this is yes there is, it won't be a direct sequel but rather a story that revolves around a certain period of time, all to become clearer closer the time.

Do you have other stories in mind?

Yes I do, I have another story in my head which isn't a SciFi novel such as this one but probably more on the fantasy side. So similar genre but completely different.

How easy was it to self publish the first book?

Well the first book was an auto biography covering the years of my illness and was something to keep my mind occupied and hopefully help others in a similar predicament. But the process was really easy in my opinion, it of course helped that I am very IT literate and was able to understand the questions it was asking me. I decided to go with Amazon and Createspace just because they had great reviews and seemed to be able to get me the best coverage and provide additional paid for services should I need it.

Thanks for reading and if you would like to ask me any questions directly then please do get in touch.



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