Stuart White

@stuartwhitewm.bsky.social

I'm just a boy, standing in front of a story, asking it to write itself… Founder @writementor | award-winning author | Teacher | An auld Jedi trying to teach his kids the ways of the Force!

Does anyone get their own books printed offset in bulk? And if so, who you use? Looking for ideas beyond the likes of Clays and BookVault who both look fine but would work with a smaller, local printer who had the capacity or even a bigger one. Looking for a thousand or so books.

The sweetest 2 words to type! I’ve spent this weekend away from home to finish this book and I’m so pleased I’m finally there - it’s taken a long time and it’s been the hardest book to write and finish (maybe because it’s a sequel?) but it’s done! 🙌 Now the dreaded editing and rewrites! 😭

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Ghosts of Mars is only £3! for the paperback - they must have some excess stock or something that they're trying to clear out, so now's a good time to buy! (PS I still get the same royalties as a £7.99 sale, so it's only the Zon missing out!)

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Happy Publication Day to me! And Happy New Year to everyone else! I decided to do a 'silent launch' for this book, but now it's launched, I hope people will begin to buy it and enjoy it! Think Frostblood or like a dark, older version of Frozen!

Cover for Storm Rising, a new YA Fantasy from author Stuart White.
The cover has a cold, frosted texture for the background with ice-shards covered in red blood. Beneath the title, the tagline says '…blood will freeze'. There is a snowflake design, with some fantasy runs behind it, and a cloaked, hooded, dark figure striding towards the reader, an ice-shard projecting from her hand.
Back blurb reads:Eighteen-year-old Corena Storm, feared and cast out by her own parents for her Ice-Witch powers, is sent to the merciless Kurikon—an extremist religious order determined to strip her of magic, believing only the gods should wield such power.

But Corena refuses to be broken. Escaping their clutches, she’s thrust into a deadly game of survival, pursued by the relentless Kurikon and the Queen’s elite killing squad. As she fights to stay ahead, she’s forced to rely on unlikely allies—some old enemies, others new friends.

When she falls for someone unexpected, Corena’s quest for vengeance beco

You can't let outcomes dictate the wisdom of your decisions. Sometimes you make the right call but it still doesn't go your way. Just knock it off as experience and double down. Failure is an important part of progression and you can never improve unless you're willing to fall.

So that's a wrap on my next book, which will publish next month. You know the best bit about this stage is knowing tomorrow I can wake up and work on something else - I can WRITE again after lots of editing these last 6 weeks! I'll be like a kid on Christmas morning...