Author: aarondkey

Don’t you love them? I don’t. Spent the whole morning trying to work out how to write a blog on my new WordPress site (fingers crossed this works) and trying to understand the mysteries of AMS keywords. I don’t. Foiled the whole time by emails which are not where you thought they were – even…

I’ve finally read this book. I knew the story before. Surely everyone knows the awful Toad escaping from prison dressed as a washerwoman, solid Badger, the entrancing friendship of Ratty and Mole, and the fight for Toad Hall. All powerful images that have ensured the story’s popularity. Terrible animations based on this story. “Poop poop!”…

Well I’ve taken some time to release the 2nd book of my series. “A Wheel of Eight.” It’s still not ready. Fans will have to sit on their hands in glorious anticipation for another few months. Why? ** A lack of feedback for the first book knocked my massively fragile confidence. A few more reviews…

I was listening to My life, My love as sung in Mamma Mia; Here we go again. I think it is clear in this film that the lyrics refer to a parents love for a child. Then out of curiosity I listened to the same song sung by Abba. Although I am not an avid…

I have had an interesting time as Herai was the book of the day on the 18th July 2018 with the onlinebookclub. I have to admit that this didn’t result in the massive number of sales that I might have hoped for but as the book has been virtually ignored for over a year the…

For the USA For the UK I’ve been told that I’ve got to add to my keywords ready for Amazon Prime Day but I don’t seem to be able to do this on the KDP site where it allows me just 7 keywords. These are the 7 keywords I have used under the general heading…

“Whether ’tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or to take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing, end them.” Just in my mind. Had to learn that while studying Hamlet for A levels and it’s kind of stuck. Which is good news in a mind…

It is now almost a year and a half since I published my book. I tried to do it properly. I used a professional editor and cover designer. I was hoping, not for overnight success, but that the sales would help to pay for next book in the series to be published. I have just…

Decided to re-release this as obviously my previous bout of enthusiasm didn’t last very long. This was September 2017. Sorry🙄 So I’ve recovered from my brief period of demotivation and despair. I know I’ve got at least two good books waiting to go and another two which need a bit of work. That’s a good…

What’s it all about really? I mean self publishing. I mean it’s a nice dream but the odds are stacked against you. You really need to get into bookshops for the browsing public. But unless you’re prepared to take a gamble and print a sizeable number off the cost is prohibitive. And even then bookshops…