Author archives: The Self-Publishing Partnership

The journey into self-publishing was a new avenue for me as an author. I found the publisher and editor supportive and they laid out the whole process in easy stages. The main inspiration for my book, “The Empty Carriage” was progressive and the plot had been developing in my mind for many years, mainly due […]

It’s not always easy to recall the specific day when one is inspired to do a particular thing but, in my case, it was 12th December 1989. I’d watched a movie about a shy man in his sixties who, despite never having walked more than a dozen miles in his life, decides to fulfil a […]

Author of the newly published ‘The Humor Triangle’, Andrew Lansdown, talks to SPP about their self-publishing process and their book’s journey. Working with Self-Publishing Partnership was a pleasure and being dyslexic, experiencing their professionalism, patience and kindness gave me a strong sense of support and motivation which allowed me to share and republish my theory […]

Hello, thanks for taking the time to read about me and my latest book in the series of ‘The Adventures of Geoffrey the Giraffe’.  My name is Laura and I live in Wiltshire with my family.  I am a children’s social worker working currently with foster carers and children in care.  My background is CAMHS […]

I had always at the back of my mind wanted to write my memoirs more as a record for my family to have when I pass on. I never intended to sell the book mainly because I did not think other people would be interested. How wrong was I ! Since being published I have […]

The inspiration for me to start writing a book came several years ago. I needed to write reports and documents for senior managers at work, and I had had little experience of this, and my keyboard skills were, poor. I suffer from dyslexia, and miss out words when reading and writing, or read words that are […]

INSPIRATION BEHIND THE BOOK Albeit many years after the signing of the peace treaty, my ultimate desire when writing this book was to reaffirm my respect, admiration and compassion for those comrades who lost their lives whilst fighting this undeclared, forgotten war and for those who were wounded both mentally and physically.  I have endeavoured […]

I was prompted to pursue the self-publishing route when I finally got around to reading my father’s account of his military service between 1944-47. As a family we were very aware of his distinguished service as a regular soldier between 1942 and his retirement in 1989 and of some of his exploits in WW2, The […]

“I’m so excited! I am published, have a spot on Amazon, an e-book, ISBN, a beautiful copy of my book (cover and all) to hold in my hands and attend book fairs where I’m the one standing behind the banner signing copies.  This is what I wanted, this is what I dreamed of and there […]

We spoke to Anita Foreman, author of ‘Diaries of a Lady’ to find out more about her self-publishing journey. After the publication of her second book, ‘Diaries of a Lady: Back in England’, we ask what draws her to writing within this genre, her inspiration and how easy she found the self-publishing for the second […]