Tag: conventions

If you somehow missed it, you can catch Part 1 here. Last time, on the Road to Publication… August 22, 2022 The contract with Ravenstone (an imprint of Turnstone) had been signed! This meant it was official: Pale Grey Dot was sold. I’d handled contracts before, both as the publisher and published, but those were for short stories. No, this one was much larger. The key sections covered were: September 13, 2022 I had a little questionnaire to fill out for Turnstone. These are for things like social media information, my personal biography, previous publications, a favourite excerpt, and the inspiration for the book. Why? Because these are the sorts of things useful for press releases, book fairs, and the sales force (i.e. selling directly to bookstores). I actually wish I knew more about how the sales force works. TDotSpec‘s advertising was mostly through Social Media and word of mouth,…