Some self-published authors just write a book and decide only to publish it for family and friends. They have no pretentions to be a bestselling author, nor do they wish to embrace stardom.
In the early noughties that’s just what Maria de Fátima Almeida Leitão Bento Fernandes decided to do. Fernandes, a Portuguese national living in Fundao, wrote a novel that told the story of a family emigrating from Portugal to the United States during the time of the Colonial War. She called her novel The Palace of Flies. She edited it and self-published the book, had one hundred copies printed, and gave them all to family and friends for free. Fernandes adopted a pseudonym for the book, calling herself Bento Xavier, presumably because Maria de Fátima Almeida Leitão Bento Fernandes doesn’t roll off the tongue too easily and it’s a hell of a lot of words to fit in large type on a book cover. Good move Maria… sorry, Bento!Read on ...
http://www.theindependentpublishingmagazine.com/2015/03/self-published-novelist-defamed-in-laws-in-e53k-payout-case.html
Thanks Mick
Douglas
I'm also based in leamington and looking to learn the art of writing.
ReplyDeleteI'd really appreciate any feedback you might have on my work (well, half a chapter so far)
You are very welcome to come to the group. Please e mail Pauline for details of where we meet. Send what you want reviewed to the same e mail address and I will provide some comments.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes
Douglas