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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 1d

Quite apart from being the most faschisty thing I've seen in a long time, it's also very shit

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 2d

I'm in exactly the same quandary myself, even though I've actually done some paid narration. It's the editing that gets you!

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 2d

If you haven't done so already, browse the narrator profiles on ACX to get a feeling for price.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 2d

Expect to pay at least $2-300 per finished hour. You might find cheaper if you are prepared to edit yourself, and it's an early-career narrator.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 2d

That's 12-13 hours of narration. Audiobook voice artists will charge per finished hour, but for each of those hours you'll get them reading the book for context, two or three do-overs, editing, and often uploading to ACX, which is why the hourly rates look high.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 3d

There is a short story set in the Endland universe of 'The Terminus Of All Things', and you can get it completely free when you join my mailing list at www.jayneill.com.

'There Are Worse Crimes Than Murder' takes place during the first half of Terminus, showing a different side of Endland.

The cover of a book. Yellow text over a dark background with a faded map. Jay Neill. There Are Worse Crimes Than Murder. An Endland Short Story. A hand holds what appears to be a mobile phone.

The cover of book - The Terminus Of All Things, by Jay Neill.

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 4d

I made bookmarks!

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 5d

I've taken to editing my latest urban fantasy, live on TikTok. It's crap for productivity, but awesome for crowdsourcing a thesaurus!

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 6d

Went live on TikTok last night and discovered that if you point a camera at me, I really can talk without notes for 45 minutes and no breaks.

Haven't tried that since my Wiley days.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 7d

🤷probably hitting a different server.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 7d

This could go on a while...

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 7d

When you only sell your books through Amazon, the customers can feel abstract. Just numbers on a dashboard.

But I just sold my first copy through TikTok shop and that person has dreams and hopes and loves and...

OK ,maybe I'm going over the top, but I am a writer.

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 8d

Really not sure. It feels a little like you have to do it because everyone else is. But it's also a nice way of persuading someone to pay a little extra not to shop from Amazon, and make your margins slightly better.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 8d

When I decided to self-publish, I never thought that I would spend hours learning how to wrap books in tissue paper, and designing branded bookmarks.

But that's what selling through TikTok Shop does to you.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 10d

A stack of my books so high that you need to carry oxygen to get to the top!

#urbanfantasy #indieauthor

A stack of identical books - The Terminus Of All Things.

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 11d

Weekends used to be for weekending.

Now they are for writing, marketing, promotion, and self-doubting.

In no particular order.

#indieauthor

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 12d

By far my favourite things about being a published author is waking up to photos in my inbox of real people holding my book in real places, that are not my house. Like on the other side of the world.

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 13d

When I wrote my debut novel, I would have been pleased with 'it was fun' as the best reader review. Comments like these leave me just blown away.

GoodReads reader reviews for the novel The Terminus Of All Things, described as 'your next urban fantasy obsession'

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 13d

What do I have in common with the England Women's Rugby team? We are both experiencing a huge come down after reaching the pinnacle.

In their case, becoming world champions.

In my case, publishing my first novel.

I'm available to share notes, if any of them want a chat :)

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 15d

I've had the most wonderful launch day for The Terminus Of All Things, mainly because it's let me reconnect with friends from long ago. The power of books, eh?

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 15d

Me too. I think it's easier to direct content via hashtags in Threads

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Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 16d

"It was gripping, emotional, and deeply satisfying."
"One of those books that leaves you with something."
"Jay Neill’s debut novel was original and thought-provoking."
"Brimming with ideas."
"Jay Neill has written a work of art." <- yes, I really did double-take at that one
mybook.to/terminusofal...

Jay Neill holds a copy of The Terminus Of All Things in front of his face, with just his eyes peering over the top.

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 18d

What a weekend. My debut novel publishes on Monday. Off to watch the red roses in the Rugby World Cup 🏉 final later, and spent all night at A&E with a mother sporting a fractured wrist! I will be running on fumes by Monday night.

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 19d

For comparison, here's the actual cover image.

The cover of the book 'The Terminus Of All Things', by Jay Neill

Jay Neill @jayneill.com · 19d

I re-imagined the cover of my new book as a movie poster...

Not getting ahead of myself or anything.

#urbanfantasy

A movie poster-style-image for a 'film' called The Terminus Of All Things, showing a man and woman looking at some obsolete British icons within the spool of an audio tape cassette.

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