Paul Cobb was born into a Yorkshire farming family and lives in Kent. A conservationist by profession and a historian by interest, he has lived and worked his whole life in the landscapes he writes about. Paul has also published poetry and is a former magazine columnist.
15/7/2024
Just finished and sent up my final copy edit and my manuscript has been forwarded on to Troubador's production team to begin the typesetting process and to start work on the text style proof. Looking forward to getting those first 20 pages or so and seeing how the real thing will look!
16/7/2024
Chosen my author website pages today - 5 pages - looking at other author wesites and trying to imagine how the finished thing might look!
27/7/2024
Decisions, decisions!
First, the text style proof is back. Gives a great feel for the pages as they will be in a print copy of the book. But do I like the font, text size, layout...? I'll mull it over this weekend but I think so - the font is really neat and right for historical fiction.
Second, what sessions to go for at the Troubador Self Publishing Conference in September? I'm tempted to go for topics like using AI in marketing, but I'll probabaly stick to core things that I need to get to grips with like marketing and distribution. Lots to learn...
12/8/2024
Things are moving on!
I've approved the style proof of Thegn of Berewic - I added in the little book symbol I've taken an option on. It looks neat, and keeps the book as a running theme between every chapter title and date.
I've started writing material for my author website - so far, an 'about the author' page and a potential blog page or material for the 'books' page.
And the roughs of my cover illustrations will come this week... looking forward to that and seeing my ideas on the page!