<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652588141581323893</id><updated>2024-09-11T11:49:21.144-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Paul Clifton</title><subtitle type='html'>I am a self-published author whom last year I self-published my first book entitled &amp;#39;Slices of Life - Short Stories &amp;amp; Poems.&#xa;The book got off with a great start and continues to sell well but this is my blog about the continuous story of why? &amp;amp; how? of not just the writing but doing it all. </subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paulclifton.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4652588141581323893/posts/default?redirect=false'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paulclifton.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Paul Clifton - cliftonbooks.co.uk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17195400789679387701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFX-dvw4QuKacXlMbgyQAkbXYtl60gZMvWRj8P_ZrClaNuxC6coXAulaM-O_-g9hrO8RxumoFQsjqKspTIShvfMFSQjirwJ7OPey0IYb0Hs_4MZ9pdRQFpumJYsMQOGIA/s220/photo.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652588141581323893.post-8080971029272421451</id><published>2012-07-08T04:47:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2012-08-18T13:46:59.978-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Please bare with me.</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;&#39;Interviewing Paul&#39; &amp;nbsp;Questions were asked to Paul of why he started to write? Where he get&#39;s Ideas from? amongst&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A blog will be posted as soon as all the changes have been made and that I am satisfied with its look and layout, which wont be to long away now.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I would like to &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;Apple-style-span&quot; style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Thank the people who visit this page for baring with me on this. Thank you all. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://paulclifton.blogspot.com/feeds/8080971029272421451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://paulclifton.blogspot.com/2012/07/time-to-change.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4652588141581323893/posts/default/8080971029272421451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4652588141581323893/posts/default/8080971029272421451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://paulclifton.blogspot.com/2012/07/time-to-change.html' title='Please bare with me.'/><author><name>Paul Clifton - cliftonbooks.co.uk</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/17195400789679387701</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFX-dvw4QuKacXlMbgyQAkbXYtl60gZMvWRj8P_ZrClaNuxC6coXAulaM-O_-g9hrO8RxumoFQsjqKspTIShvfMFSQjirwJ7OPey0IYb0Hs_4MZ9pdRQFpumJYsMQOGIA/s220/photo.JPG'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4652588141581323893.post-463231306049725818</id><published>2012-01-11T17:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2012-08-07T07:01:09.810-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Self Publishing advice &amp; tips for new writers!</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;
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Here I am with my first self- published book entitled &#39;Slices of Life&#39; on display for people to buy on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.amazon.co.uk/Slices-Life--Short-Stories-ebook/dp/B006TGXNYO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1326325458&amp;amp;sr=8-1&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Kindle&lt;/a&gt; and to purchase from my website &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.cliftonbooks.co.uk/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;ciftonbooks.co.uk&lt;/a&gt;, now isn&#39;t that great! Self- publishing your first book and holding the very first copy is a feeling very hard to describe, the only way simlpe enough to express it, is that, it is like &quot;jumping over the moon several times&quot; and almost leaping in the air for joy, knowing after all that hard work you have done it and that you kept at it! Now to make it through to the next stage of actually selling the book. But where and how do you go about it?&lt;br /&gt;
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Self-publishing seems the best and easiest way if you want to go down that route. But being the author and publisher trying to sell your book to the retail giants is a hard persons work, as most only use their approved publishers and don&#39;t accept work from authors directly. This is where e-books kicks in! Most E-book companies let you upload your book for free and let you take part in a better royalty program than if you were to go with a main publisher. You can also set up a website to promote yourself and sell copies of your book, where YOU can decide the price NOT the retailers or a&amp;nbsp; publisher. Being self-published you have a say where your book goes and how you go about it.&lt;br /&gt;
Writing, publishing and marketing your book is very rewarding but at the same time a lot of commitment is involved.&lt;br /&gt;
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One last tip. if you want to write and&amp;nbsp; it has been an ambition for a while but haven&#39;t got round to doing it yet just yet then write a little each day, month etc. Your writing can be a long term enjoyment project.&lt;br /&gt;
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