V S Nelson
Middle grade and young adult author
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Editorial critiques
Spoiler alert This post contains spoilers for my novel, The Archivist. If you have no intention of ever reading The Archivist, then read on. However, if a dark fantasy…
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How much does it cost to publish a book?
Join me as I go through the costs of publishing my three books The Keeper of Portals (2017), The Archivist (2022) and The Girl Who Sold Time (2025). These…
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Word count, drafts and time to write a book
The word count of published novels was something I became obsessed with when I first started writing. I was paranoid that if the word count of my stories wasn’t…
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Judge a book by its cover
TL;DR If someone has put a lot of time into the cover, it’s probably because the book is worth it. General rule I’m not going to spend ages discussing…
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Library loans – How many copies are borrowed?
I wrote this post nearly two years ago about donating books to libraries and signing up for the UK’s Public Lending Rights scheme and earning money for every time…
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Book promotion websites reviewed! – an update with even more data
In May I posted a blog about using websites that help authors sell books. Essentially, these are websites that offer bargain book deals to people who sign up to…
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Should you publish your book for free?
I’ve self-published two books, The Keeper of Portals in 2017 and The Archivist in 2022. With the editing, cover, printing and various marketing options, these books were far from…
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Bargain book websites – how many copies do you really sell?
Bargain book websites offer to promote your book at a discounted rate to their lists of readers for a fee. This fee is often small, and with the opportunity…
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Donating books to libraries
Like many self-published authors, I was disappointed with the number of sales I achieved upon publishing my first book. Firstly, this meant that I wouldn’t be able the recoup…
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How much did it cost to self-publish The Keeper of Portals?
£5,423 This is not a click bait article where I ask a question only to bury the answer in a mountain of text. That’s no use to anyone and…
