Tag: Derek Thompson

Standpoint – now that’s what I call advertising!

My debut thriller, Standpoint, is currently 99p on Amazon.  Of course you can buy lots of other things for the same price – although not in pound shops. You could buy chocolate (and lord knows I’ve roadtested that idea), but it’ll make you fat – or hungry. You could buy a proportion of a coffee …

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What can you say apart from please buy my book? Pt 2

Sometimes you need to branch out. For a novelist, being published presents a whole new set of challenges. You suddenly have to do other sorts of writing, including writing about writing. There are online blurbs, interviews (I’ll mention in passing that I’m still available…), and the subtle – or not so subtle – art of promoting your novel. …

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