Book stuff
The following are posts containing specific information and news about my book, Everyone’s Guide to Online Dating.
If you’re here then you probably already know that uploading a picture to your online dating profile is a must. Most people won’t even bother looking at your profile without one and many will make snap judgements about you based on the photo you upload.
Unless you’re comfortable and natural in front of a camera and already know your best side, this will have undoubtedly caused you some concern by now. In general, women tend to overdo it, whereas men are notoriously bad at picking unflattering photos. There are, of course exceptions…
Here are some tips for helping you choose the right photo:
Continue Reading June 11th, 2009
Apparently a Polish company wants to buy the translation rights for my book. I never thought I’d get translated into another language, so this is quite exciting.
October 8th, 2008
I was on U105 in Belfast this Tuesday on the lunchtime show, which was cool. My mom listened in from Israel via their website and I was being interviewed from my bedroom in London (it’s the most quiet room in the house). I felt very 21st century.
We talked about the book, online dating safety, how it can help people’s love lives: all the usual stuff.
Next week I will be on a late morning show on BBC Radio Humberside on Tuesday and possibly on BBC Coventry & Warwickshire as well.
Things are slowly starting to pick up. The book is selling and seems to be picking up on Amazon. It’s all getting quite exciting 
June 23rd, 2007
Want a sneak preview of Everyone’s Guide to Online Dating? Now you can download a free chapter!
Get Chapter 1 of Everyone’s Guide to Online Dating (free .pdf file download)
May 23rd, 2007
Copies should be with the retailers within a week or so. The Amazon buying links on the right should actually work now
I am back from holiday and am trying to sort out things such as press releases and publicity.
Hopefully, things are about to get busy!
May 16th, 2007
The book is almost ready and one of the final touches is getting some incentives in to add value to the book. I’ve already got a couple of companies giving me some promo codes/coupons, but there’s room for a few more if you’re quick. If you’re looking for what is basically free exposure to a load of target demographic, talk to me. I’m mostly interested in UK companies, but would also accept foreign ones who have a good UK membership base.
April 9th, 2007
Writing a book is like fighting the Terminator: just when you think it’s done and dusted, the thing rises up again for another round.
Editing, proofing, indexing, it just never ends. Whoever said writing for a living was easy? Oh yeah, no one.
I am pretty sure I am done working on it now. I went over and corrected the final proofs, I did the index (in MS Word and it wasn’t at all as difficult as I thought it would be) and sent everything off to the production company. My handwriting is pretty awful and I’d never done any proper proofing in my life, so I’m sure my scribbled notes in the wrong places are going to raise a few eyebrows. Hopefully I won’t be getting too many emails and phone calls about it, though, because as far as I’m concerned it’s done now and is ready to be released into the wild.
Obviously, this is just the beginning, because my PR person has told me there’s already a lot of interest in the book, but at least the actual production stage of it is over. It is over, right?
March 14th, 2007
I got the proofs on Friday and have been slowly going through them all week. It’s a bit stressful, because I am on a tight deadline and between that and work and the holiday I am about to take, I have very little time to do anything else, like think or sleep. The illustrations look great and I am really happy with the text so far. I’ve made a few minor corrections, but mostly it’s just as I remembered it. It’s quite exciting to see it appear on all the various online book stores, even when I know it’s not actually “real” just yet. Roll on May!
February 28th, 2007
