While I generally mark my publishing anniversary as the 7th May 2012 - being the release date of my debit novel Keir with Lyrical Press - it's not strictly true. Another title should really take that title, a whole year earlier. 

Self published on the 11th May 2011 on Smashwords, with a bought cover image imposed with my own text, my short story The Bones of the Sea was technically my first publication. But it didn't feel official. My first short I'd written in decades, and my first attempt at s...