King and the Spider - An Anthology

I have just published my second anthology, called King and the Spider. It is a collection of short stories and poems, with topics ranging from Norse mythology, to snow days and a retelling of the selkie myth.  I had been planning on having two seperate collections, one of just poems and one of just short stories. The only problem was, I was running out of steam and I didn't have enough material for two seperate collections, so I simply created one collection.

It is available on Amazon, as well as on CreateSpace. This is the second piece of my work that I have self published through CreateSpace. At the moment, I am planning on continuing to go through CreateSpace when it comes to self publishing my work. I will also be buying a few copies, which I will be selling at open mic events in Paisley.

I did get a lot of help from one of my friends, when it came to formatting the collection, as it wasn't sitting right, when I was uploading it to the website. It does look a lot better now and I am hoping that what he showed me, in relation to the "interior design" of a book, will help me in the future.

Now, I will just have to focus on my other work and make sure that it is all up to stratch.

Barrhead News Interview

Yesterday, I was interviewed by the Barrhead News. The interview went well and we focused on me working with Nordland Publishing as part of the Northlore Series, my poetry collection, Goddess of the Night and my new collection, King and the Spider. Unfortunatly, my copy of King and the Spider hasn't come through yet, so I wasn't able to bring it along to the interview. I did bring along copies of Northlore: Volume 1 and Goddess of the Night. I did mention that I am hoping that Northlore: Volume 2 will be published this year.

The Barrhead News was interested in my work, due to the fact that I am originally from Neilston, which is only a few miles from Barrhead. They are also interested in the novel that I am working on and which I am planning on setting in Neilston. From the interview yesterday, they were interested in talking to me again, when I have published it.

I also want to thank the good people at the Paisley Abbey for allowing us to take some photographs within the Abbey, which will be used in the article. I will definitly let you all know when the article has been published. Hopefully it will be in the paper some time this week.