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Published Again – II

Still celebrating!   Six Dead Men is now available to buy through Amazon .  About The Book First you’ll encounter snapshots of six dead men – their lives steeped in squalor.    Six lives extinguished in mysterious circumstances.    In life they infected what they touched and in death they continue to wreak havoc.    Then you’ll meet Detective Inspector Robert Deed.    Even contemptible men deserve to have their deaths explained.    Don’t they?    So reasons our detective.    And he has a suspect in his sights – Madison Bricot. But what about Madison?   She just wants to live the normal life of a twenty-six year old.   But now her boyfriend is dead and she’s not quite sure how she feels about it.   Soon she’s about to learn some things about herself which terrify her into running.   Meanwhile Detective Inspector Deed will have to battle against his attract...

Guest Post: Self Publishing

Sydnee Blake was born in New York, lived in France but spent most of her working life in London.  She has been an actor, theatre director and teacher.  Her stories appeared in Worldwide Writers and Brittle Star .  They have also been placed in awards, including The Ian St James, The New Writer and Fish.  She has two sons and four grandchildren. It’s published!   I have my book Finding Words in Whitechapel and other stories. It looks beautiful BUT the cost. The journey… The adventure began a year ago with a small publisher, who will remain nameless. For £680.00 my master-piece received Publishing Services: Title set-up and administration, an ISBN allocation, legal deposit, bar code which resulted in a 250 gsm printed full colour outside only paperback book. Print on demand = £3.46 for each copy. Less for large orders, of course. Okay. I had friends do the cover, friends edited my book and that saved me a lot but what happens...