Shayani Jones the author

Just a girl who started writing a book because she wanted to and then decided to send it to a publisher because she thought why not? Watch me figure out how to publish, market and sell a book starting with zero experience.

Writing Our Last summer

The hardest thing for most people about publishing a book is the actual writing. Read all my tips and tricks on how writing became a fun escapism for me rather than a chore.

Finding a publisher

For me, this happened sooner than I anticipated but I still have some advice…

marketing!

Debut? PR boxes? ARCs? There are a bunch of acronyms used in the marketing industry when people are talking about books. Here are the ones that I learnt were important :)