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Pointing ahead
It all started for Salisbury subscriber Pam Pointer, with an article
in her local church magazine but things really took off when she decided
to self-publish a book of short meditation pieces, some of which had
appeared in church magazines and the diocesan paper for which she
writes a regular column.
Since self-publishing her first book Why didn’t God create
me with green hair? which she describes as: ‘a great learning
experience’ she has had three more books published by religious
specialists, Kevin Mayhew: Forgive us…as we forgive,
based on the Lord’s Prayer which looks at the difficult subject
of forgiveness in a practical and sensitive way; The Also-Rans,
a set of 40 cameos of little-known men and women in the New Testament;
and her latest, a children’s book, Roy Green’s Brilliant
Ingenious Venture.
For Pam, the experience gained early on was invaluable. ‘I was
determined not to cut corners in self-publishing but had to work to
a tight budget,’ she explains. ‘I had 400 copies printed
and then set about marketing the book.
‘My hit list of kind friends and family bought multiple copies
and I sent free copies to as many big names as I thought might be
interested – a boldness I didn’t think I had.
‘The local SPCK bookshop and theological college bookshop took
copies and the local paper and radio station gave me good publicity.’
Pam now regularly broadcasts Morning Thoughts for BBC Radio
Wiltshire; writes the And Finally column for The Sarum
Link, the Diocese of Salisbury newspaper and the Church Window
column for The Salisbury Journal and contributes to The
Upper Room, an international Bible devotional guide. |
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