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Why do I write e-books?

I started writing in Junior School and I have never really stopped. Reading my early efforts later made me cringe. I never thought I would be able to write a whole book until I found a way round running out of ideas in chapter three. My breakthrough was to write a series of short stories and then link them with a common theme. This led to my first book, A Night in the Manx Museum (Published well before the film.)


I tried the traditional publishing route and had some interest but it never came to anything until an agent, who became a publisher, and never did anything for me at all, appeared. It cost me time and effort to break that contract and I have been very wary ever since.

Besides, I dislike waste. Boxes of paperbacks piled in a garage sucks. E-books are immediate, can be easily corrected if necessary and are good for the environment. You also receive more in royalties. What's not to love?

 
 
 

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About

 

Swimming Teacher /

Writer of ebooks

Former Careers Adviser / Manager

From the Isle of Man

 

Lived in Liverpool, Arcadia CA,

Berkeley CA, Paris,

Grenoble and Lancashire

Studied at

University of California (BA),

University of Central Lancashire (MA)

Manchester Polytechnic (DipCG)

Beta Readers

Beta Readers are very helpful to authors.

They pick up faults in both the

story line and the text.

They see books before they are published for free.

If you would like to read my

work in progress, currently,

The Reluctant Baroness,

please email me on:

mmcgrathauthor@gmail.com 

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