I decided to attend the London Book Fair this year because it felt like a necessary orientation: a chance to better understand the ecosystem I now find myself working within as an independent author. The opportunity for visibility, curated by the Alliance of Independent Authors under the banner of The Indie Author Lab, made it an obvious place to start. …
Andrew Brown covers the story about ‘Pink Granite’ being selected as a finalist for the Wishing Shelf Book Awards. Read the full article
I’ve learned a new word in the publishing world – COMPS. To me as a theatre and performance maker – comps (complementary tickets) means free tickets you allow for family, friends, potential programmers and reviewers. Comps can cost an arm and a leg if you are on a box office split. The meaning in publishing however doesn’t cost anything if …
Taking Stock a personal take on the new year It was a quiet Christmas after all the hustle and bustle of getting Pink Granite “out there”. I am not sure it is “out there” really but this second self-publishing experience has made me draw comparisons with the first. (As readers will know, the first was Redhair and Daffodil Friend and its accompanying The …
All the wonderful people who helped with my publishing process for Pink Granite I thought this might be a useful read not only for those who receive my newsletters but also for anyone curious about independent publishing. So here goes: Unlike Redhair and Daffodil Friend, the creation of Pink Granite was relatively short. The first book took the whole of …
More on ‘Pink Granite’ released 16 October 2025 Beginnings The first utterings of ‘Pink Granite’ were made in 2023 whilst creating on my feet through a group workshop process using movement, improvisation and ritual objects. I can trace its beginnings further back to a site-specific piece I made for the Sentient Performance conference at Dartington Hall, Totnes the previous year. …
Embodying the pathway towards Pink Granite (Part Two) On the road to making Pink Granite I had one more collision with Redhair and Daffodil Friend through an adaptation for the stage. If you didn’t catch it first time around on the blog last year, you can read about that here. You can also view the edited final performance on my …