On 1st
March, my first comic novel, Unreliable Histories, reached the top of the
charts on Authonomy - a site on which
independent authors review one another's works. It's a large and thriving
community, and each month's 'top five ' books go on to be reviewed on the
Harper Collins Editor's Desk.
It would be
fair -though something of an understatement - to say I was pleased. However, there
now follows a nervous wait for a publishing editor's professional review.
Getting to
'the desk' was by no means the result of a solo effort. Scores of writers
provided invaluable help and support and I wanted to take the opportunity to
thank them. Their feedback has enabled me to address flaws that I would never have
seen, had I been left to my own devices. As a result of their scrutiny and
suggestions, I have edited, clarified
and re-written, and I'm sure the finished draft is a far superior work as a
result.
