Ebooks and paperbacks
Kath Middleton - Books
  • Welcome
  • About Me
  • Newly Published
  • Novels
  • Novellas
  • Short Stories
  • Collaborations
  • Blog

Important Editorial Meeting... Yeah, right!

4/17/2015

2 Comments

 
Picture
As many of you will know, my books are formatted, uploaded and published by Hilltop Press. This entity is, in fact, my very good friend, Jonathan Hill, who also designs my book covers and undertakes the onerous task of creating the paperbacks for me. I have referred to him in the past as my Technical Support Officer but he is so much more than this. He was one of the people who encouraged me to write longer fiction and through his efforts, often time-consuming, he is my enabler.

Last Saturday I had the great pleasure of meeting Jonathan in the flesh rather than on book forums and in email correspondence. We talked a tiny bit about our writing but mainly we laughed and enjoyed one another’s company. If there had been no time constraints, we’d probably still be talking. You could draw up a long list of our differences but the things we share – attitudes, ideas, sense of humour – are greater.

We all need someone to watch our backs and Jonathan and I do this for one another. It wouldn’t work for all writers but we share our ideas, before, during and after the writing process. We line-edit and proof read for one another and occasionally make editorial suggestions of a greater magnitude. It’s often said that writing is a lonely job but it really helps to have someone to share the thoughts and ideas with. Jonathan is an intelligent perfectionist and that’s exactly the kind of person you need keeping tabs on your wayward witterings. Mainly, however, we prop up one another’s flagging egos!

The reason this works so well was evident from those flying few hours last weekend. Quite simply, we’re good friends and we get on well. To work cooperatively to this extent requires a high degree of mutual trust. Jonathan publishes for me so my royalties go into his account. He orders paperbacks for me so I pay him for those, less my royalties. It wouldn’t be a successful partnership if one suspected the other of less than total honesty – both in terms of editorial comments and of financial arrangements. He does drive a rather nice car though…

Thank you Hilltop! You’re the best.

Jonathan himself writes comedy, for example, the Maureen stories, and darker, thought-provoking fiction like FAG which tackles bullying and homophobia in a 1930s boarding school. His latest publication is Pride, currently on his website's home page. It's a coming-of-age book about a gay man finding himself despite difficult family circumstances. Jonathan is currently working on a couple of thrillers which are shaping up very well (privileged information!). He combines imagination and technical expertise to produce books I never fail to enjoy reading.


2 Comments
Pat Allen
4/17/2015 01:59:16 am

How lovely that you could meet and enjoy each other's company in reality. I look on you as virtual friends and have enjoyed the published works from both of you. Here's to more ink in your biros - carry on writing.

Reply
Kath
4/17/2015 08:56:32 pm

Thanks, Pat. It's really good to find that virtual friends can become real ones, if you get the chance to meet.

Reply



Leave a Reply.

    Author

    Kath Middleton, author of Ravenfold
    Message in a Bottle
    Top Banana
    Long Spoon
    Souls disturbed
    Stir-up Sunday
    Beneath the Ink
    The Novice's Demon
    The Flesh of Trees
    The Sundowners
    The Angel Monument Muriel's Bear
    Tales from Daggy Bottom Becca.
    ​Through His Eyes
    ​Contributor to Beyond 100 Drabbles
    ​Criminal Shorts
    ​Part-author of Is it Her?



    Archives

    July 2022
    March 2022
    October 2021
    September 2021
    March 2021
    February 2021
    August 2020
    July 2020
    May 2020
    December 2019
    July 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    August 2018
    July 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014

    Categories

    All

    RSS Feed

Copyright © 2014 - 2022  Kath Middleton