In late November or December 2011, I'm self-publishing my novel Salop House. This is a crime novel set in Victorian Ireland and will be on the Smashwords system. It is supposed to sell for $3.99 and will be downloadable from the various e-bookshops (Amazon, etc.).
This book was 'finished' in 2009, although I have continued to bugger around with it since then, as authors tend to do. It has rightly been said that books are never finished, only abandoned. Throughout 2009 a 10,000 word extract was available for review on the UK Arts Council sponsored website You Write On, where it was reviewed and generally highly rated. In September 2009, it was the top rated adult novel (adult as opposed to children, rather than porno, I mean) and won a review from an editor at Orion Books, which was helpful and strongly positive.
Since then I have been trying to get the book published, but although it has gone before several agents and publishers, and everyone says they like it and I write well, no takers so far. That's why I'm self-publishing.
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