Month: Jul 2020

• Slip and Slide progress update (with charts)

  Duck and Dive was a funny little idea I had, only intended as a short story. Then, after growing into a novella of about 22,000 words, I decided to give it a proper edit and tidy up before independently publishing on the Amazon Kindle store (UK, US, AU, CA, etc). It was a trial, almost…

  G B Ralph

  25 Jul 2020

  Writing

  Rise and Shine, Slip and Slide, Work in progress, Writing

• Let’s Get Digital

  David Gaughran has recently released the fourth edition of Let’s Get Digital: How to Self-Publish, and Why You Should. I devoured the third edition while preparing Duck and Dive for publication, so I can’t wait to see what new material he has in this edition. Let’s Get Digital is packed with practical advice. It gave…

  G B Ralph

  10 Jul 2020

  Writing

  Book Marketing, Guide, How-To, Publishing, Self-publishing, Writing

• Heartstopper

  Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper is a gentle coming of age story, with characters exploring themes of friendship, love, sexuality, gender and mental illness. The story centres around two boys who meet at school: the highly-strung, openly gay Charlie, and easy-going, sporty Nick. Heartstopper is sweet without being sickly sweet. It’s fun and heartwarming, while still feeling…

  G B Ralph

  5 Jul 2020

  Reading

  Comics, Contemporary, Gay, Graphic Novels, LGBT, Queer, Reading, Romance, Webcomics, YA, Young Adult