Tag Archives: publishing

A Final Word on Blake Bailey

Posted on May 29, 2021 by Gabriella West

You can’t keep a bad man down. That’s what sprang to mind when I read on Twitter yesterday that Blake Bailey’s infamous biography of Philip Roth, unpublished by Norton, had been picked up by Skyhorse Publishing and will be rushed … Continue reading →

Posted in creativity and its discontents, News, Personal, Writing | Tagged academics, alcoholism, biography, bisexuality, Blake Bailey, decline and fall, double lives, Eve Crawford Peyton, fathers, Lusher, Philip Roth, publishing, Rape, Scandal, Skyhorse Publishing, sons, The Splendid Things We Planned, Valentina Rice, W.W. Norton | Leave a comment

A May Anniversary, or Two

Posted on May 9, 2018 by Gabriella West

Hard to believe, but May 30, 2011, was when I published my first ebook, a literary novel called The Leaving. I did the cover myself and chose Smashwords as the first ebook platform to upload it to. Back then there was … Continue reading →

Posted in Self-publishing, Writing | Tagged 2011, Amazon KDP, Anniversary, backlist, changes, covers, ebook, erotica, interview, Mark Coker, publishing, self-publishing, Smashwords, The Leaving | Leave a comment

I’ve posted before about All Romance eBooks, which I’ve always regarded as a nice little niche market for my work, despite eccentricities like taking $1 off my royalties if they paid me through PayPal, and constant “sales,” not to mention … Continue reading →

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Gabriella West | 4 Comments

Paradise with Power Cuts: How to Be a Digital Nomad

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Gabriella West

Writer and editor Jennifer Barclay took a huge leap of faith when she left her London publishing job to move to the small Greek island of Tilos, where she basks in the natural beauty of her surroundings and still continues … Continue reading →

Posted in Guest Bloggers, Travel, Work/Life Balance, Writing | Tagged Digital Nomad, editor, Falling in Honey, freedom, freelancing, Greece, healing, Internet, Jennifer Barclay, memoir, publishing, Tilos, work | 1 Comment

Bob Mayer speaks up

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Gabriella West

Bob Mayer, whom I mentioned in my last post, wrote this great new blog post today–very blunt, very scintillating–about the nasty divide that’s opened up between traditionally pubbed authors and indie authors, each claiming their turf and saying their way … Continue reading →

Posted in Writing | Tagged Bob Mayer, indie authors, Kindle, publishing, Smashwords, The Doge's Daughter, The Leaving | 4 Comments

Some thoughts on indie authors, and a review

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Gabriella West

I think every now and then these days about what it means to be an indie author. For me, it’s meant being able to publish a literary novel that I thought was never going to make it into the light … Continue reading →