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The paperback version should also be out shortly
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Thoughts on Self Publishing by Jonathon Clifford
Just sorting out my paperwork # re MINERVA PRESS from a totally devastating “eggs-perience” about 30 long years ago …and which I’m turning into a book
(oh NO, NOT another one, c!)
# sheer chaos
Following on from
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+Packful+of+Lies+craig+lock&ref=nb_sb_noss
and
https://www.kobo.com/nz/en/search?query=a+packful+of+lies+craig+lock
see http://www.craigswritingjourney.wordpress.com
Thoughts on Self Publishing by Jonathan Clifford (an expert)
see
http://www.vanitypublishing.info/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/vanity-unfair-aspiring-authors-are-wa.
from Google searches (my “filing system to rescue me from sheer utter chaos” – thanks “Big G”)… https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1PRFI_enNZ827NZ828&ei=xj9aXYXmE5m6rQHNvofgCQ&q=%22johnathan+clifford+minerva+press%22&oq=%22johnathan+clifford+minerva+press%22&gs_l=psy-ab.12…50893.63479..66850…0.0..0.303.6626.0j4j23j1……0….1..gws-wiz…….33i160.0DJELE-4pP0&ved=0ahUKEwiF4f-8pY7kAhUZXSsKHU3fAZwQ4dUDCAo
and
http://www.vanitypublishing.info/
SELF PUBLISHING
See
A Life in Words: “My various books (and blogs – WordPress) form the threads of my ‘little’ life and are interconnected…as life unfolds.”
Fair Play: “My son, I’m giving you the ball…”
pic from https://www.facebook.com/All-Blacks-rugby-site-1823235741337100/
and my facebook page (www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31??)
FAIR PLAY
“My son, I’m giving you the ball and naming you scrum-half for your team in the game of life. I’ve seen your coach, so I’m giving it to you straight. There is only one game to play. It lasts all your life, with no time out, no substitutions, You’ll have a great back-line and fullback. Their names are Faith, Hope, Charity, Love, Peace and Commitment.
Your forwards are a powerful pack, too. They are Honesty, Loyalty and Duty; Self-respect and Discipline; Dignity and Courage; and Enthusiasm.
God is the referee and sole official. He makes all the rules. Some call them the Ten Commandments. Play according to them. Try to help your teammates do the same.
So: here is the ball. It is called your soul. Pick it up and run with it, and let’s see what you can do…
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Not many (everyone) will understand your journey. That’s OK!
https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2019/07/02/not-everyone-will-understand-your-journey/
from a Google search (my “filing system to rescue me from sheer utter chaos” – thanks “Big G”)…
and I mean God (far more than Google)… but then perhaps I should thank both!
https://www.google.com/search?source=hp&ei=x_ROXZ6xHaWdmgepiK24Bw&q=not+many+will+understand+your+journey+craig+lock&oq=not+many+will+understand+your+journey+craig+lock&gs_l=psy-ab.3..33i160.2749.22133..22588…0.0..0.299.11059.0j4j45……0….1..gws-wiz…….35i39j0i131j0j0i22i30j33i22i29i30j0i8i13i10i30j33i21.i3khJp94xps&ved=0ahUKEwjesKO04PjjAhWljuYKHSlEC3cQ4dUDCAU&uact=5
Also
Not Many May Understand Your Vision
and
Not Everyone Is Meant To See Your Vision
pic from https://medium.com/…/not-everyone-is-meant-to-see-your-vision-and-that-is-powerful
pic from and
https://newdawnwriter.wordpress.com/
Sharing, supporting, informing, enlightening, “entertaining”(??), encouraging, empowering, enriching, challenging, igniting, uplifting (and perhaps even) inspiring
SHARE, INFORM, IMPACT, UPLIFT, IGNITE, ENCOURAGE and (perhaps even) INSPIRE
Share, encourage, uplift and help spread hope, love and light
“You make me want to be a better man”
from
https://www.google.com/search?q=better+man+jack+nicholson&rlz=1C1PRFI_enNZ827NZ828&oq=better+man+jack+nicholson&aqs=chrome..69i57.13247j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
Time for your pill now, craig!
And perhaps time to start writing that romantic “Mills and Boon type” novel then, c
Oh no, please put me down before I do that!
Enjoy
Shared by “a totally unromantic sod”
and
http://www.creativekiwis.wordpress.com
“Write, create, innovate”
Banking Bad – the journalist who sparked a Royal Commission
The writing journey began with writing articles for financial institutions, which were turned into books (Google ‘from riches to rags’)
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/20190808
Journalist Adele Ferguson helped to expose the shocking practices of the big four banks in Australia, the parent companies to the big four banks here, well as the insurer AMP. Her articles helped prompt a Royal Commission into the banking sector and her book Banking Bad is out this week. We’re taking a look at the corrupt and questionable practices the banks adopted to sell their products and the toll that has taken.from
from
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon
and
https://www.facebook.com/journowriter
Also see
https://www.google.com/search?q=banking+bad+adele+ferguson&rlz=1C1PRFI_enNZ827NZ828&oq=banking+bad++adele+ferguson&aqs=chrome..69i57.9266j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
http://www.howtomanagemoney405908430.wordpress.com
http://www.mymoneymanagement.wordpress.com
http://www.moneymanagementarticles.wordpress.com
Shared by a former “money man”… but now a “lack of money man”
PPS
what’s the difference between a writer and a family pizza?
The pizza can feed a family of four!
