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The price you pay for teeny tiny fonts

Posted on January 13, 2017 by Susannah J. Bell

I have – miraculously – got the price down on my novel TRANSFERENCE and better still, it’s the sort of price you’d expect to pay for a paperback. One of the many cruelties about self-publishing (and that’s a long list … Continue reading →

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Proofreading ULTRA yet again

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Susannah J. Bell

When you see an error in a book traditionally published, you think, oho – shit editor.  When you see an error in a book self-published by the author, you think, oho-ho-ho – shit author.  This is just horrible! With the … Continue reading →

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Transferring Transference

Posted on February 25, 2014 by Susannah J. Bell

I’m going completely nuts trying to turn Transference into a paperback.  These are the times when I wish I had VAST gobs of capital and could just get someone else to do it for me.  It’s not the mechanics (spending … Continue reading →

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The Curse of the Copy-Cat Covers

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

The curse of being a self-published author using the free cover templates on offer is that someone else is going to have the same book cover you have.  As far as I could, I’ve tried to put together my own … Continue reading →

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How to get an ITIN in Two Hundred and Fifty steps

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

It’s quite fantastically easy when you know how.  However, you need to make several very stupid mistakes as I did in order to make it more exciting.  A month of preparation and a thirty second result.  This is how to … Continue reading →

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DIY or die

Posted on February 8, 2013 by Susannah J. Bell

I received a proof this week of “Ultra” with its beautiful blue cover.  It took me several days to realise what was wrong with it:  no page numbers, 1.5 line spacing instead of single line spacing, paragraph gaps too small, … Continue reading →

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I AM PUBLISHED

Posted on December 17, 2012 by Susannah J. Bell

ULTRA is published.  Its cover grows green on Amazon, my name in cool, clean white.  Susannah J.  Bell.  That’s me.  Author.  Writer.  One book out there in the universe for all to see, my soul exposed, my heart ripped open.  … Continue reading →

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