Wow! Three Copies for Sale on Amazon!

Just for something to do, I searched Amazon.co.uk for Cromarty Biggs Powder Monkey and was chuffed to discover 3 copies for sale. What really blew me away were the prices being charged for a copy. Take a look yourself and you'll be amazed as well that it's being sold for over £20 with one "collectable" copy being sold for £29.95 plus p & p. I think that this shows there is a market for my work, but I'm still banging my head against that brick wall until my head, or it, breaks.

If there's anyone out there who's got contacts with literary agents or publishers, please send them my way!! I've sent sample chapters to another publisher over the pond so you never know, I might get a second bite at the cherry yet.

Image by Jerrod Maruyama via FlickrMy family and I went to the cinema to see Toy Story 3 the other day. Whilst waiting for the main feature, the trailers for forthcoming films were shown. One in particular caught our attention, because the story seemed to be very similar to In Search of the Beast which Rain Publishing were going to publish before the proprietor decided to cease trading. So much for no market for anthropomorphism!

I've Been Busy!

I'm not an accomplished blogger as you can tell from the date of my last post and this one. Anyway, Authonomy was a dead loss. If you're unemployed and have got all day to play with the site, then you might get somewhere. However, the more time you spend on that sort of site trying to publicise your work, the less time you spend writing.

I've recently been involved with a writing competition run by "Every 1's a Critic" and got through to the last 32 of "The Sitcom Mission" competition. I fell at the next hurdle, but the experience of penning 2 episodes for a sitcom has been worthwhile and I only need 4 more episodes for a series, so I may return to that project later.

I've sent off a script to the BBC for the 1st episode of a serial which I hope will be accepted. The consensus from people I've spoken to about it is that it is a very good idea which should go down a storm on British TV.

My next task is to write a short story for the "Alibi" TV competition. Alibi is part of the UKTV network and shows detective/police/crime series from yesteryear and more contemporary times. Perhaps this is the way to go for writers like myself; agents are loathe to take on someone new and mainstream publishers only want work recommended by agents. A very vicious circle! After that, it's back to tackling the other writing projects I have on the go. Meanwhile, real life gets in the way and it's back to work for 49+ hours a week.