Keeping alive the glorious spirit of 1976
Finding a publisher who is willing to take a punt and offer an advance has long been the Holy Grail of aspirant authors as they contemplate their uncertain futures whilst putting together their maiden works. However the arrival on the scene of self-publishing has changed the game beyond all recognition.
Continue ReadingWhen submitting an old manuscript to a traditional book publisher some years back I was told that I ought to make my work “less autobiographical”. She didn’t want to hurt my feelings and so she was tactful, but what her advice amounted to was that no-one much wants to read the autobiography of somebody who is not a household name. The Glam Rock Files flies defiantly in the face of this advice,
Continue ReadingAs well as writing books I endeavour to make something approaching a living out of compiling content for other people’s websites. But the lot of a content writer can be a frustrating one. Generating unique and interesting content is always a challenge in itself.
Continue ReadingHere is the text of the submission I made this morning to the self-publishing platform CreateSpace, in response to four questions put to me about my novel The Best Year Of Our Lives:
Continue ReadingJust over a month ago I realised what has been almost a lifelong ambition. I published my own novel. After forty years of procrastination and distraction, I finally managed to consign to print the story that I have for so long been wanting to tell – that of a young man growing up on the streets of Middlesex in 1976
Continue ReadingMark Daydy has written extensively for television and radio over a period of some two decades, working on several award-winning shows. His 2015 Radio 4 sitcom The Best Laid Plans starred Ardal O’Hanlon and his latest sitcom idea has been adopted by NBC-Universal.
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