Publishing – toby wallis

A Week Where I Spent More Time Submitting Than Writing

I made a lot of new submissions of short stories this week. I had two entered into the same short story contest and neither won, so that freed them up to get sent elsewhere. I know it’s a bad way of doing it but I was so keen on this one prize in particular thatContinue reading “A Week Where I Spent More Time Submitting Than Writing”

Something To Say And A Voice To Say It In

So recently a big box arrived from Oregon with my free copies of Glimmer Train issue 100. I had been so eager to get these because this is the first time I have had a story accepted, and I badly wanted to see it. I have to tell you, it is a weird feeling seeingContinue reading “Something To Say And A Voice To Say It In”

A New Found Sense of Possibility

I have had a very good end to the year. A short story that I wrote called The Sudden End of Everything won first place in Glimmer Trains New Writer Award. This, coupled with being short-listed for The Bridport Prize in the short story category, has made this an amazing year for me. Glimmer TrainContinue reading “A New Found Sense of Possibility”

My Independent Publishing Manifesto

I sort of fell into independent publishing sideways. I decided I’d give it a try a few years ago and then ended up getting more and more into the idea. There is something about it that really appeals to me, going it alone, doing everything my way (for better or worse), answering to no oneContinue reading “My Independent Publishing Manifesto”

How to make an e-book

My to-do list for making a kindle e-book of my novel. 1. Duplicate book file and replace all images with correct versions. 2. Convert to .mobi to check pictures are displaying correctly. 3. If pictures are displaying open .html file in notepad and add manual page breaks. 4. Remake as .mobi to check page breaksContinue reading “How to make an e-book”