After several months of querying agents, it’s time to give self-publishing a go.

There is much better clarity after reading a chapter you’ve written where you can see its weaknesses and improve upon it. It’s part of the process to creating the story you’ve envisioned, don’t stress

If you’re intrigued in the book’s publishing development, then follow me on this little journey of mine.

The story is about a sister, who works for a time travelling corporation, and her missing brother who stole a device of high importance from said corporation.
She and her colleague travel across their dystopian world to find her brother.

Hello everyone,
If you like science fiction stories that explore politics and have emotional stakes, then you may be interested in story like this - ‘The End of Time,’ a novel I have written and seeking to publish.

It’s great working on a satirical story with a friend because you get to bounce ideas around to find the best jokes

It’s such a whiplash going between reading books written in British English and then American English.

Frank Herbert went hard on this epigraph.
#dune

Based

It’s a strange feeling to write something completely different after finishing a book that you worked on for nearly a decade. It’s hard to really put it into words.

At least that’s encouraging. Most of the time they give rather neutral responses, like they don’t feel they could represent it well or it’s not quite the right fit.
Keep it up!

That’s good to hear! How are you going about it? Writing an outline or taking the garden approach where you see where the story takes you?

I got this on whim many years ago. Very good book

I can’t believe how wrong I was :(

Me in 2008 listening to Kate Bush’s Wuthering Heights: “why do people like this? This is literally the worst song I’ve ever heard.”

Me in 2026 after reading Emily Brontë’s book:

I definitely want to give this a read. I read a few pages of it in Waterstones and was deeply impressed.

It’s just a shame we don’t have the cool things from cyberpunk like flying cars, holograms and Johnny Silverhand.

Horror Novel ‘Shy Girl’ Canceled Over Suspected A.I. Use

It’s genuinely scary how this is happening more and more.
Cyberpunk is finally a reality 💀
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/19/b...

Do you ever write a detailed outline of a story but later down the line you come up with an insane plot element and you have to either weave it into the current outline or write an entirely new one?

Fun stuff.

#writing #books

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - forever.
— 1984

Trying to get a book published is a genuine nightmare. You either go through innumerable agents to find the right one for you (that’s if you’re lucky) or the rigmarole of self-publishing and spend £100’s or £1000’s in the process.

Wow I recommend it

Abhorrent behaviour, one could say