You ‘can’ pretty much judge a book by its cover. Everyone knows that. But what if you just can’t work out what the cover should be? This is the problem I had when I self-published a novel at the end of last year. So I asked some industry experts.
Author Archives: Jess Morency
Twenty-six Letters: March
The strength and passion of motherhood is very much on everyone’s minds at the moment. Some Mother’s Day inspired books for March.
Ten Key Things I’ve Learnt About the Technicalities of Self-Publishing a Novel
Also known as: ‘things that had me tearing my hair out’ which I can now tell you. Hopefully saving you any similar frustrations.
Twenty Six Letters: February 2022
Romance, in many different ways.
Twenty Six Letters: January 2022
Murder, meandering and musings of fig trees.
Breaking the Silence
When I was asked to write a piece for a book blog in the same week as Baby Loss Awareness Week, I knew it had to be on that topic. Since I co-founded Water Babies in 2002, it’s raised an incredible £4.5million for Tommy’s. Something which makes me unbelievably proud.
A Stroll Around Sherborne
I love doing town highlight features for Dorset Magazine, but when Helen asked me to do one on Sherborne that was very special, for it used to be my home town.
Ten Key Things I Learnt Through Indie-Publishing a Novel
When I decided to self-publish one of my novels, I had no idea how much it would teach me about the profession of being a writer.
Hunting the Plant Hunters
Interview with Ambra Edwards, who’ll be appearing at this year’s Dorchester Literary Festival
The Runnymede Trust, Penguin UK and #LitinColour: one year on
An afternoon spent sharing several cups of tea with Dr Halima Begum
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