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'What on earth made you write  The Gynaecologist's Wife?' is a question that readers keep asking me so this is the story behind the dark, sexy poem from  my new book   One Sixth of a Gill,  a collection of shorts.  Like all the women I know, I hate going to the gynaecologist, even for a routine smear test; correction, especially for a routine smear. Even on those occasions I don't feel physical pain, I feel humiliated and assaulted. Add to that the embarrassment of being greeted by a doctor astounded, and then relieved, that I am a woman. As I now live in France and am called Jean, French people all assume that I am a man and then, when they meet me, they wonder whether I'm transexual. I'm not.  Be all this as it may, I am old enough to now have my strategies for dealing with what I consider to be a necessary evil.  So, during an appointment at the gynaecologist, I'm in the usual embarrassing situation and pretending I'm ...

Is it really 3 months since amazon opened the pre-order option to Indie writers? 3 months since I was excited enough to blog about it ? 'One Sixth of a Gill' was duly published on November 1st and in the afterglow of post-publication, did pre-ordering add to the fireworks? Is it a good idea?  To pre-order or not to pre-order My tips:- -2. Get editorial reviews (positive quotes and permission to use them) from readers who like the book and, preferably, have some status either to do with the subject or the book world. -1. Approach professional bloggers/reviewers who often require months' notice pre-publication. ( e.g. Foreword - 2 months in advance to even be considered for a free review ) Use your editorial quotes in your formal request for review. You can still get professional reviews at a later stage; the going rate is $80-$400. Yes, this world is so crazy you can pay $400 for a 450 word review - more than most authors ever make for writing a novel. Yes, I think that is...