I live in Edinburgh and have worked for NHS Scotland for more than 30 years. I’m currently managing a team of 120 administration staff in six mass vaccination centres in Lothian. In my spare time (!) I enjoy writing feel-good fiction. I love the creative process from coming up with an idea, to writing the […]
Author archives: The Self-Publishing Partnership
‘Notes from my Polish Childhood’
There are various reasons why I decided to write an account of my early life in Poland, up to the moment of departure to the UK and I happily teamed up with the SPP for the second time. This recent work is a sort of sequel to the book I published with the SPP in […]
‘Me 100’ by Ryan Boyd
In 2017, having been active in the wellness industry for a few years I wanted to get my content, findings and teachings out to the world. I started off with the creation of the logo to give me the inspiration and meaning behind the book. When brainstorming ideas for the book I had to create […]
‘Letters from the Culture War’ Michael Willis
As a mediocre academic l got into the habit of writing – mostly boring business related stuff. As a co-author l received a commission from a large publisher to write about how to export for the smaller firm. This sold over 2,000 copies. Another commission from the British Overseas Trade Board requested a 10,000 word […]
‘Early Dutch Poetry’
Peter Morris describes his journey to self-publishing his Dutch poetry book. My first job – when fourteen – was house-painting in the summer holidays for two shillings and ten pence per hour. Later I became anaesthetist, which like house-painting, has long periods when the grey cells and the white cells, have nothing much to do […]
The Origins of ‘Heavenly Tales’
I first decided to write some short stories during a time of extreme ill-health in my family primarily as a means of distraction. My first story – In the Beginning – described the creation of mankind. It proved to be popular with my friends whose approval and pleasure persuaded me to compose another story about […]
‘1980s London: Making the Best of it by Alec Forshaw
Published in April 2021, 1980s London: Making the Best of It is my second book with Brown Dog Books and The Self-Publishing Partnership. It follows a very successful first project, An Address in Bloomsbury, first published in 2017 with a revised edition in 2018. I have been writing books, off and on as a side-show to a career […]
‘No Ordinary Life.’
Ann Barron discusses her book ‘No Ordinary Life. Memoirs of an Extraordinary Man’ and her self-publishing journey. It was over seven years ago that I decided to write a biography of my Grandfather, John Bernard Barron. The History of the Book I had known him since my Mother & I landed in Alexandria, Egypt, just […]
‘Isambard Doyle; A Hero’s Journey’ by Martin Williamson.
My self-publishing journey began when a good friend in Bath recommended me to SPP, a wonderful and professional company. The story of a young man called Isambard who travels into an extraordinary Victorian/Edwardian otherworld in search of his truth began to form in my minds eye when I was a very young man in 1999. […]
‘Living in Lockdown’ by Stewart Gunn.
I started taking an interest in Covid in January 2020. When it looked as though lockdown was coming, I was naturally concerned for all my friends and family’s safety and wellbeing. I did not know what the future would bring, but I knew we were about to become part of one of the most historic […]
