Arrived today! and the cover is really nice.
I am saving it for our summer in Carvoeiro. So if you see me reading it on Canieros beach, come and say hello

Just what I need - another door stop

I past the last book Ellie wrote on to my portuguese neighbours who loved it.
Writing a book is a fantastic acheivement, Wish I could write one

tricky wrote:I past the last book Ellie wrote on to my portuguese neighbours who loved it.
Writing a book is a fantastic acheivement, Wish I could write one

Im sure you could Tricks querida

Pleased you got book okay,
ellie xx

I have to ask Ellie, did you get a conventional publishing deal or one of those arrangements where you pay for publishing and then have to sell the book your self.

A friend who wrote a childrens book was encouraged by one of these " vanity publishers " spent quite a bit of money on artwork only to be asked to pay around another £2000 for a small book run .
They then had to try and sell them. ( I think most went at car boot sales for 50P )

Yes EMM, I did pay to be published......but I made enough from first book (Algarve Shorts) to pay for second one...sold about 200.
Ive been with Mike (publisher) since first book and he has been a good guidance for me.

Im now writing some chidren's stories (set here in the Wolds) and I send them to youngest grandson Jordan (11)....(hes my critic )....for his approval

Did you know we have an older grandson 'Sancho' (my daughter liked that name) who was 15 on June 2nd......
when he visits I show him the large photo(framed) of King Dom Sancho(we took this while visiting the castle at Silves) and he always gives a secret smile.....hes a lovely boy. We were grandparents in our mid 40s..

Tricks darling, so glad your Portuguese neighbours liked 'Algarve Shorts'