Why are you releasing 'Diamonds' as a single book when all the stories are already available individually?
That's a good question although strictly speaking there is one story/poem - 'Diane' - that hasn't been previously released, which is included in the collection. The reason for releasing 'Diamonds' in this way is really just because I always intended to. Part of my thinking when I started to release e-books was to treat these things in a similar way to the way a band or singer-songwriter would release their music. They don't tend to release an album first and if they're just starting out they might release a whole series of singles before the album came out. In that way, it allows an audience to be gradually exposed to an artist and they can then choose to delve further into that artist'swork if they want to. I think that the release of 'Diamonds' as a complete collection only increases that choice. A person might read 'Heart over Head over Heels' or 'The Ghosts Are Out Tonight' and they might be interested enough to invest the time and money in the whole of 'Diamonds' or one of the other stories or whatever they want really.
What is your writing process?
I wake up and I write. It's pretty simple. Sometimes it's a bit more complicated than that though. Sometimes I wake up, I think and then I write, which is usually when I write the stuff that might be worth keeping.
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