PAPILLONOFCARDEN
Member
I wrote in this column some months ago about finding a publisher for my sailing autobiography "Hebridean diary of a Serial Sailor" and several members replied encouraging me to finish the project asking me to report back on progress.
I am relieved to say I found a local publisher based in my home town of Glasgow called Authorway.net and they helped me through the process of formatting and pricing.I could have attempted this myself but with over 120 images floating around my text of 120,000 words, wanted a professional look to the final project.I can recommend them if there are any other budding writers out there!
My autobiography is 10% philosophy, 20% of my life in the Scottish art scene, and 70% my sailing log of my yacht Papillon of Carden, which covers 33 years and well over 25000 miles sailing in these enchanted waters. Papillon of Carden is a Dufour Safari sloop, 27 foot in length, and has been in continuous commission since her purchase her in 1979. Most of this distance has been covered single handed. We published as an e book on Amazon as there were so many colour images that other platforms wouldn`t support such a file size.
When I first started keeping a log way back in 1979,I had no intention of reproducing what I had written, and I noticed one entry around 1990 which stated "why do I bother to write all this down, as nobody will ever read this stuff" little knowing that I would commit it to e book away in the distant future.Computers wern`t part of our society at that time!
Cully Pettigrew
I am relieved to say I found a local publisher based in my home town of Glasgow called Authorway.net and they helped me through the process of formatting and pricing.I could have attempted this myself but with over 120 images floating around my text of 120,000 words, wanted a professional look to the final project.I can recommend them if there are any other budding writers out there!
My autobiography is 10% philosophy, 20% of my life in the Scottish art scene, and 70% my sailing log of my yacht Papillon of Carden, which covers 33 years and well over 25000 miles sailing in these enchanted waters. Papillon of Carden is a Dufour Safari sloop, 27 foot in length, and has been in continuous commission since her purchase her in 1979. Most of this distance has been covered single handed. We published as an e book on Amazon as there were so many colour images that other platforms wouldn`t support such a file size.
When I first started keeping a log way back in 1979,I had no intention of reproducing what I had written, and I noticed one entry around 1990 which stated "why do I bother to write all this down, as nobody will ever read this stuff" little knowing that I would commit it to e book away in the distant future.Computers wern`t part of our society at that time!
Cully Pettigrew
