
Life imitates art … or is it the other way around?
Life imitates art – well, my book cover I looked at these flowers this morning in my living room and realised just how closely they resembled the image I used on the ‘new and improved’ cover of my first novel – The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story. I bought them at the local farmers’ market on the weekend. Roses are so beautiful. What I want to know is – how do you combine a full time career – I’m a publisher of magazines for Yaffa Media – with the burning desire to get out t

Life imitates art … or is it the other way around?
Life imitates art – well, my book cover I looked at these flowers this morning in my living room and realised just how closely they resembled the image I used on the ‘new and improved’ cover of my first novel – The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story. I bought them at the local farmers’ market on the weekend. Roses are so beautiful. What I want to know is – how do you combine a full time career – I’m a publisher of magazines for Yaffa Media – with the burning desire to get out t

Read my book for FREE online ….
I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve made my book available FREE OF CHARGE – LINK HERE This format does require some patience. Otherwise I’ve reduced the price on Amazon.com and Kindle – and also it’s available to Australian readers on www.pmabooks.com – also on special this month. #JuliaBelleville #JMaryMasters #Books #Publishing #Australia #TheHouseofSecrets #PriorPark #Writing

Read my book for FREE online ….
I just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve made my book available FREE OF CHARGE – LINK HERE This format does require some patience. Otherwise I’ve reduced the price on Amazon.com and Kindle – and also it’s available to Australian readers on www.pmabooks.com – also on special this month. #JuliaBelleville #JMaryMasters #Books #Publishing #Australia #TheHouseofSecrets #PriorPark #Writing

The House of Secrets … is still The House of Secrets … but with a new cover and sub head
The House of Secrets
Julia’s Story
by J Mary Masters I’ve been working on this for a few days now – and I decided finally not to change the title of my first novel – just define it. It is now THE HOUSE OF SECRETS – Julia’s Story – with a much brighter cover. (I must have looked at hundreds of stock photos to find this image, but I think it works.) I was really excited by a 4 star review posted on Amazon.com – you can see it here in this link – and yes, the cover is being upda

The House of Secrets … is still The House of Secrets … but with a new cover and sub head
The House of Secrets
Julia’s Story
by J Mary Masters I’ve been working on this for a few days now – and I decided finally not to change the title of my first novel – just define it. It is now THE HOUSE OF SECRETS – Julia’s Story – with a much brighter cover. (I must have looked at hundreds of stock photos to find this image, but I think it works.) I was really excited by a 4 star review posted on Amazon.com – you can see it here in this link – and yes, the cover is being upda
Sleepless night, light bulb moment, changing my first book’s title ……
OK, so I said I was getting the cover of my first novel The House of Secrets re-designed . And then I started thinking about the limitations of the title – it isn’t a horror book or a spine tingler – and I came to the decision that the title wasn’t right. I’m not going to reveal yet what the new title is, in case I change my mind again. (I can just see all those men nodding knowingly.) So I spent most of yesterday evening trawling stock image sites for a suitable image – and
Sleepless night, light bulb moment, changing my first book’s title ……
OK, so I said I was getting the cover of my first novel The House of Secrets re-designed . And then I started thinking about the limitations of the title – it isn’t a horror book or a spine tingler – and I came to the decision that the title wasn’t right. I’m not going to reveal yet what the new title is, in case I change my mind again. (I can just see all those men nodding knowingly.) So I spent most of yesterday evening trawling stock image sites for a suitable image – and

The House of Secrets – the start of my Belleville Family saga
Yes, I finally have my novel finished and available. Writing it was the easy bit! Promoting it is the next major step for an indie author. Do I want to go on being an indie author or would I like one of the big guys to pick it up for their lists? Well, I guess every writer wants the satisfaction of having a mainstream publisher but imagine the satisfaction of actually writing, publishing and promoting the title successfully myself. One second thoughts…… all decent offers will

The House of Secrets – the start of my Belleville Family saga
Yes, I finally have my novel finished and available. Writing it was the easy bit! Promoting it is the next major step for an indie author. Do I want to go on being an indie author or would I like one of the big guys to pick it up for their lists? Well, I guess every writer wants the satisfaction of having a mainstream publisher but imagine the satisfaction of actually writing, publishing and promoting the title successfully myself. One second thoughts…… all decent offers will