This Writing Life

John Baker is a UK-based author. He’s been blogging since 2002, which makes him a chap with uncommon staying power. He has published nine novels, the latest of these being Winged with Death (Flambard), a story set in modern-day York and Montevideo of the early 1970s.

First off, this article by science fiction author Cory Doctorow1 in the Guardian shouldn’t be called ‘Authors have lost the plot in Amazon Kindle battle’. Pressure is coming from the Authors’ Guild and from publishers. Both might claim to represent authors, but whether they do or not is debatable. Now, I happen to disagree with [...]