Author archives: The Self-Publishing Partnership

“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 […]

Am I a Jack of all trades and master of none? I have earned a good living as a writer for many years, but looking back I realise that I have not really made a name for myself in any particular genre, or in any particular field.  I have written stage plays, which had been […]

Linda Burkett describes the astonishing stories she found within her father-in-laws wallet and old collection of small diaries. The diaries describe the struggle, pain and brutality Auther Burkett had faced as a prisoner of war. Linda explains her self-publishing journey and her achievement.  Many years ago when my mother-in-law remarried, she gave me my late father-in-laws wallet and a collection of […]

In 2014, Audrey Phillips found her late husband’s story hidden away, but was soon encouraged to share his war time memoirs when the family discovered there was more to the story than they first thought. Phillip’s discusses the self-publishing journey, the story and the inspiration behind the book, ‘Operation XX and Me’. The Journey I contacted The Self-Publishing Partnership in […]

“I learned that an author can continually improve his/her work and could, in theory, never be finished. With that thought, I decided one day that I was finally finished and I was proud of what I had accomplished. I looked at this novel with love.” Not every story ends how you want it to. Often […]

First-time author, Gill Ingram, describes her self-publishing journey, from the very beginnings of her writing, to being a published author. I’m a first-time author and lucky enough to live in Frome, Somerset, alongside a great many other writers and creative people. It’s a place where it’s easy to get inspired! Five years ago, ten of us founded […]

Author, Alec Forshaw talks about finding the inspiration for his book, ‘An Address in Bloomsbury’, his previous experience with publishing and why he turned to self-publishing. I am lucky enough to live in a very old house in central London, very close to Great Ormond Street. Having retired from my day job as a town planner and conservation officer in local government, I […]

An exciting story of childhood, by Johnny L. Zainul. In the small, poor, but close- knit village of Rosignol, on the West Bank of the Berbice River in Guyana, resided a group of boys who lived life to the full.  Fearless, adventurous and courageous, these boys carved their childhoods out of escapades and near-misses. They called themselves “The Rivals”.  […]

Based on the true story of my great uncle, Allen Green, the book I’ve just published retells a nineteen year old’s journey in 1918 from his family farm in Somerset through the Somme battlefield during the Great War, culminating in a dramatic ending on Armistice Day. The book came about after a family member found […]