The news from the desk today is that I have just received the full cover for ‘Holywell Street’, and the files are with the guys who do the formatting for me. I used to do it myself using Adobe InDesign, but a) I am not a designer, and b) it was a nightmare, and now, c) Other Worlds Ink do a fantastic job for a reasonable fee, which includes as many later edits as necessary. For example, while I was setting out the audiobook version of ‘1892’, I noticed two typos had snuck through. So, I emailed the guys, and they made the changes within minutes. If you need to have your internal files set out (MS, front and back matter, etc.), then you need to check OWI’s author services.
Holywell Street should be available to you in the next few days. You’ll know when it’s there either by a message from Amazon, or here on my blog, or on my Facebook pages. Meanwhile, I have started on book number nine in the series, and I have an idea for the start and the end, the crime and the climax, but, as usual, not much else. So, I shall do what I do best and what I enjoy doing the most, and sit down to tell myself a story. How that story will unfold is yet to be seen… yet to be written.
In the meantime, I have also been working on publicity (because I don’t have anyone to do it for me), and so, I have set myself up in some more shared promos for July and must share the news of those that are running in June. These were also in my newsletter, and the usual plead applies: please click on them and take a gander. It doesn’t cost anything, but it gets me points that allow me to take part in more and bigger promos. The old income’s taken a bit of a hit this month, so the more publicity we can generate for old Jack Merrit and Co., the better. Thanks.
Here are a couple of promos specifically for MM Romance and Pride month.
Pride Romance 2025
General Fiction / LGBT and Romance / LGBT
As June is generally Pride Month around the world, we’re kicking off with a Pride Romance promo that features over 150 titles. There are loads of cute cover models, werewolves, fantasies, topless hunks, and the four Mentor books by yours truly are also listed.
Queer Romance Is Resistance – June 2025
Romance / LGBT
Back in the 80s and 90s, when I went on Pride marches, they were demonstrations. These days, it’s more of a celebration, but we still need to fight for equality and acceptance. Hence, June is also Resistance month. In this promo there are 70+ titles including work from our old friends Elle Keaton and KC Carmine, and Jackson Marsh (me) with The Mentor of Lonemarsh House.
