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Talking to young people in schools by the co-author of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
One of the face-to-face ways of engaging with young readers is to go into schools. I’m planning this, with my writing partner to promote our first Young Adult novel which was published in North America – and elsewhere, last year. We’ve also spoken to a young reader group in Egham library, in the town where…
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Learning to read spreadsheets for sales of the UK edition of One Year One Night by SL Roman.
I’ve been looking at the figures from a KDP Amazon spreadsheet for the UK edition of our first YA novel. It’s great to get a wider look at the sales and also examine some of the granular detail, albeit as a beginner in publishing. Looking across the tax year shows that we sold more copies…
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Promoting our first YA novel for U.S. book tour.
The announcement of a book tour to America in November meant I am making use of a lifetime of contacts to promote One Year One Night by S L Roman. It was published in N America last year by Red Chair Press and one idea was to go back to my old school on East…
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Author of One Year One Night at VE street party in London.
A VE day street party in London was the perfect place to sell our Young Adult novel-One Year One Night by SL Roman. That’s me and my writing partner Laura Meloni Bywaters, working under a pen name.I ran a quiz on street parties at the event in Pathfield road in Streatham.For more of the flavour…
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Wartime street parties to come back next month
May 2025 will see the 80th anniversary of WW2 and it will be marked by street parties in Britain which will evoke life as described in One Year One Night by SL Roman. The Young Adult novel, published in the US and elsewhere last year, is set against the background of teenager Annie who has…
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Rosy reviews for SL Roman’s One Year One Night.
Our first Young Adult novel has had a range of very good reviews. One of the most pleasing was from Kirkus – the prestigious website based in New York which welcomed a ‘heart-wrenching and beautiful story’. Myself and Laura Meloni Bywaters, the writers behind SL Roman, created a lot of lively female characters and Kirkus…
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Self publishing the UK edition of One Year One Night by SL Roman
We self-published the paperback edition of our first collaboration One Year One Night One with Publish Nation in 2021. It ran to 116 pages and gave us our first International Standard Book Number or with the British Library. Our artist friend David Malcolm created the cover using an image of our heroine Annie which he…
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Publicising books face to face.
Coming face to face with potential readers is always interesting. In the case of One Year One Night by SL Roman, we’ve gone out and spoken to different types of reading groups. Our furthest group was at a book festival in North Wales where we sold copies of the paperback edition. We had a warm…
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Publicising books with the BBC
One of the hidden things about being a successful writer is that – unless you are J.K Rowling – you are going to have to promote your baby, your work of art. In the case of One Year One Night by SL Roman – written with my writing partner Laura Meloni Bywaters, it represented an…
One Year One Night - SL Roman. 