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Very very excited - my children's book to be published
I saw a piece in WN a few months back by the publisher Little Devil Books in America asking for submissions of children's books. So I sent them my book 'Krystal Bull Rain Dancer'. They loved it and are going to publish it in May or June!
They don't pay an advance but pay by royalties.
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But this is nearly as good. Well done to you and hoipefully lots of royalties (is that what they're called in USA?).
Well done, Nefertari. Onwards and upwards!!
And doesn't this just vindicate the usefulness of WM/WN for experienced writers?
This book is being published under the name Shirley Harber, a family name.
http://shirleyharber.com/wordpress/
The text below is way too dense, no-one will read it. I wouldget rid of 'haha'... well, no need to. But it's my pet hate, telling people when to laugh!
I've just had a bit from writers dock explaining how many words to put in a sentence (no more than 10) and how many sentences per para (no more than 3) to enable the max number of people being able to read and understand without dropping out.
I try to make my paras as short as possible.
Well done. You must be feeling very excited!! :D
I wouldn't ask people if they want to know more either - they wouldn't be looking at the site otherwise.
Would also change the 'if you have time please email me' bit as it sounds a little needy. Something along the lines of 'if you'd like to contact me about my books I'd be very happy to hear from you' might be better.
Like the colours, the images are nice and clear and it's simple to navigate around the site.
Agree with Liz about getting the book info first. I would make the page about Krystal Bull the home page, then have the info about you as an 'about me' page. I really liked the writing about you though, it was nice and friendly.
*Dances off into the sunset singing, "How do you like me now-ow?" *
I clicked on the blue link to your website and scrolled down to where there was a 'like' button. You now have 12!
Liz is right about too much info all in one go. Precis it, Nef.
And well done - in print - fabulous!
My website designer gave me instructions as to how to do everything on it to maintain it - I would get yours to write them out for you so you can learn yourself, you can't hang around all the time waiting to learn how to do stuff.
And it is easy... really easy.