download – Nail Your Novel

‘Spellbinding… hypnotic… groundbreaking…’ My Memories of a Future Life is getting rather fab reviews on Amazon – thank you! If you’re curious what all the fuss is about, you can listen to the first four chapters right now!

Download now – this link will take you to a google Docs page and you can download the MP3. file size is 12MB.

If that file is too big, there’s a more compressed version here, but the sound quality isn’t as good. Try the other one first!

You can also stream it here at Soundcloud:

Special thanks to Barry Brimer at BeOriginal.com for masterful file compression and for bringing the text alive with footsteps, thunderstorms, passing trains and a soupcon of piano. If you need a sound file sweetened (as they call it in the trade), he’s your guy.

You can buy Episode 1 on your Kindle here for the UK and here for the US

Is your new year resolution to write your novel? Perhaps you’ve vowed to dust off your NaNoWriMo experiment and finish it properly, or to do justice to the idea you started a while ago and had to put aside. If so, I have something for you! Roxanne McHenry of Unruly Guides to epublishing invited me on their podcast show recently, and asked me for my advice on drafting, revising and seeking feedback.

In this podcast you can get advice on:

planning your novel and filling in the plot holes
revising your manuscript effectively and thoroughly
keeping your motivation
solving problems in your story
finding a critique group that’s right for you
when – and whether to hire a profesional editor – and how to find one who is a good fit for you.

Here’s a sample of our discussion: ‘If you’re going to go along to a critique group, take along a short story, where you don’t mind what they say, and just see how they deal with your writing before you unleash the novel that really matters.’

You can listen to or download the whole podcast here – hope to see you there!